Min nabo er altid høflig over for mine forældre.

Because nabo is a common-gender noun in Danish. For singular possessives, Danish uses:

• min with common-gender singular nouns
• mit with neuter singular nouns
• mine with plural nouns

So:

• min nabo = my neighbor
• mit hus = my house
• mine forældre = my parents

The form of the possessive depends on the noun that follows it.

In Danish, when you use a possessive like min, mit, or mine, you normally do not add an article.

So you say:

• min nabo = my neighbor
• mine forældre = my parents

Not:

• min en nabo
• mine de forældre

This is similar to English, where we say my neighbor, not my the neighbor.

Nabo means neighbor and is a common-gender noun.

Its basic forms are:

• en nabo = a neighbor
• naboen = the neighbor
• naboer = neighbors
• naboerne = the neighbors

In the sentence, it appears as min nabo, where the possessive replaces the article.

In a normal Danish main clause, the finite verb usually comes in second position, and adverbs like altid often come after that verb.

So:

• Min nabo er altid høflig ...

This is very natural Danish word order.

A more literal breakdown is:

• Min nabo = subject
• er = finite verb
• altid = adverb
• høflig = adjective

English often allows is always polite, and Danish works similarly here.

No, that would not be normal word order in a standard Danish main clause.

Danish usually follows the verb-second rule, so the finite verb must come early:

• Min nabo er altid høflig ...

Not:

• Min nabo altid er høflig ...

This is one of the most important word-order patterns in Danish.

Høflig means polite, courteous, or well-mannered.

It is used about someone’s behavior toward other people. In this sentence, it describes a personal quality or repeated behavior:

• er altid høflig = is always polite

It is an adjective, and after er it stays in its basic form here.

Because høflig commonly goes with over for when you want to say who the politeness is directed toward.

So:

• høflig over for nogen = polite toward someone

In the sentence:

• over for mine forældre = toward my parents

You should learn this as a common combination:

• venlig mod nogen = kind to someone
• høflig over for nogen = polite toward someone

Even if English uses to or toward, Danish often uses its own fixed prepositional pattern.

Here it is written as two words: over for.

In this sentence, it functions as a prepositional expression meaning toward or with regard to:

• høflig over for mine forældre

For a learner, the safest approach is to remember the whole pattern:

• at være høflig over for nogen = to be polite toward someone

Because forældre is plural.

Danish possessives work like this:

• min = my, with singular common-gender nouns
• mit = my, with singular neuter nouns
• mine = my, with plural nouns

Since forældre means parents, it is plural, so you need mine:

• mine forældre = my parents

Usually, yes, forældre means parents and is plural.

The singular form is:

• forælder = parent

So:

• min forælder = my parent
• mine forældre = my parents

In everyday language, forældre is very common when talking about both parents together.

Because after er, Danish adjectives often appear in their base form when describing a singular common-gender subject.

Here:

• min nabo is singular
• so høflig stays høflig

If the subject were neuter singular, you would often see -t added:

• Barnet er høfligt = The child is polite

And with plural or definite subjects, you often get -e:

• Mine naboer er høflige = My neighbors are polite

So the form høflig matches the grammar of min nabo.

A very close literal version is:

• My neighbor is always polite toward my parents.

That helps show the structure:

• Min = my
• nabo = neighbor
• er = is
• altid = always
• høflig = polite
• over for = toward
• mine forældre = my parents

The actual best English translation might be My neighbor is always polite to my parents, but the Danish structure is still easy to see in the more literal version.

These are both words that English speakers often find tricky.

A few useful points:

• ø in høflig is a front rounded vowel that English does not really have.
• forældre has a reduced, compressed pronunciation in normal speech, and many learners find it difficult at first.

Rough learner-friendly guidance:

• høflig: the first syllable has the ø sound, and the word is roughly two syllables
• forældre: often sounds more compressed than its spelling suggests

The best approach is to listen to native audio and repeat whole chunks such as:

• altid høflig
• over for mine forældre

Chunk practice is often easier than trying to perfect each word in isolation.

It most naturally describes a habitual or general behavior.

That comes mainly from altid = always:

• Min nabo er altid høflig over for mine forældre.

So the meaning is not just about one moment. It suggests that your neighbor consistently behaves politely toward your parents.

No. In modern Danish, common nouns are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence.

So in this sentence:

• Min nabo er altid høflig over for mine forældre.

only Min is capitalized because it is the first word of the sentence.

This is different from German, where all nouns are capitalized.