Brødet er fladt, men det smager godt.

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Breakdown of Brødet er fladt, men det smager godt.

• men: but
• smage: to taste
• godt: good

Questions & Answers about Brødet er fladt, men det smager godt.

Why is it brødet and not brød?

Brød means bread in general (indefinite / uncountable sense). Brødet is the definite form meaning the bread (a specific bread or the bread you’re talking about).
Danish often uses a suffix to mark definiteness:

• et brød = a (piece/loaf of) bread
• brødet = the bread

What does the -et ending tell me about the noun?

The ending -et shows two things: 1) The noun is definite (the …)
2) The noun is common gender vs. neuter: -et is the typical definite ending for neuter nouns.
So brød is a neuter noun: et brød, brødet.

Why is it fladt and not flad?

Adjectives agree with the noun in Danish. Since brødet is neuter singular, the adjective takes a -t ending:

• common gender: brøden er flad (if the noun were common gender)
• neuter: brødet er fladt (actual sentence)
• plural: brødene er flade