Hjemmesiden er langsom i dag, så jeg prøver igen senere.

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Breakdown of Hjemmesiden er langsom i dag, så jeg prøver igen senere.

• være: to be
• så: so
• i dag: today

Questions & Answers about Hjemmesiden er langsom i dag, så jeg prøver igen senere.

Why does hjemmesiden end in -en?

In Danish, the definite article is often attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word.

• hjemmeside = website / homepage
• hjemmesiden = the website / the homepage

So -en here means the.

This is very common in Danish:

• bil = car
• bilen = the car

Because the sentence is talking about a specific website, Danish uses hjemmesiden.

Why isn’t there a separate word for the, like in English?

Danish usually puts the at the end of the noun in the definite form.

So instead of saying something like the website, Danish normally says:

• hjemmesiden

A separate determiner can appear in some other structures, especially with adjectives:

• den langsomme hjemmeside = the slow website

But in your sentence, there is no adjective directly before the noun, so the simple definite form hjemmesiden is used.

Why is it langsom and not langsomt?