Det ene glas står på bordet, og det andet står i skabet.

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Breakdown of Det ene glas står på bordet, og det andet står i skabet.

• i: in
• glasset: the glass
• stå: to be located

Questions & Answers about Det ene glas står på bordet, og det andet står i skabet.

What does det ene glas ... det andet ... mean grammatically?

This is a very common Danish pattern for contrasting two items:

• det ene glas = the one glass
• det andet = the other one / the second one

So Danish is pairing two things and distinguishing them from each other.

A very common set of patterns is:

• den ene ... den anden ... for common gender nouns
• det ene ... det andet ... for neuter nouns

Here, glas is a neuter noun, so Danish uses det.

Why is it det ene glas and not den ene glas?

Because glas is a neuter noun in Danish.

Danish nouns have two grammatical genders:

• common gender → uses en, den
• neuter → uses et, det

Since the noun is et glas, the corresponding form here is det ene glas.

Compare:

• den ene stol, den anden stol = the one chair, the other chair
• det ene glas, det andet glas = the one glass, the other glass

Why is it andet and not anden?