Breakdown of Udlejeren skriver: “Kan De underskrive kontrakten i dag?”
Questions & Answers about Udlejeren skriver: “Kan De underskrive kontrakten i dag?”
Udlejeren means the landlord.
The base word is udlejer = landlord / lessor.
The ending -en is the Danish definite article attached to the noun, so:
- udlejer = a landlord
- udlejeren = the landlord
This is very common in Danish. Instead of putting a separate word like the before the noun, Danish often adds the definite ending to the noun itself.
De is the formal, polite form of “you” in Danish.
It is capitalized to distinguish it from:
- de = they
- De = formal you
So in this sentence, the landlord is addressing someone politely and formally.
A native English speaker might think of it as something like older or more formal English you in a business letter. In modern spoken Danish, De is much less common than du, but it can still appear in formal writing, customer service, or when someone wants to sound especially polite or distant.