Breakdown of Temperaturen stiger, når solen skinner.
Questions & Answers about Temperaturen stiger, når solen skinner.
Because -en is the usual singular definite ending for many Danish nouns of common gender.
So here:
temperatur = temperature
temperaturen = the temperature
sol = sun
solen = the sun
In English, the is a separate word. In Danish, it is often added to the end of the noun instead.
In Danish, a simple definite noun usually takes a suffix instead of a separate article.
So Danish prefers:
temperaturen = the temperature
solen = the sun
not a separate-word pattern like English.
A separate definite word such as den or det is usually used when there is an adjective before the noun, for example:
den varme sol = the warm sun
den høje temperatur = the high temperature
They are both in the present tense.
The infinitives are:
stige = to rise
skinne = to shine
The present tense is:
stiger = rises / is rising
skinner = shines / is shining
Danish present tense is the same for all persons, so it does not change like English I rise / he rises.