Vi bruger den fælles kalender på kontoret.

We use the shared calendar at the office.

Breakdown of Vi bruger den fælles kalender på kontoret.

• bruge: to use
• vi: we
• på: at
• den: the

Questions & Answers about Vi bruger den fælles kalender på kontoret.

Why is it den fælles kalender and not just fælles kalenderen or den fælles kalenderen?

This is a very common Danish pattern called double definiteness.

When a noun is definite and has an adjective before it, Danish normally uses:

• a definite article (den/det/de)
• the adjective
• the noun in its definite form

So:

• kalender = calendar
• kalenderen = the calendar
• den fælles kalender = the shared/common calendar

That means:

• kalenderen is fine on its own
• but with an adjective, Danish usually wants den fælles kalender

So:

• kalenderen = the calendar
• den fælles kalender = the shared calendar

fælles kalenderen is not standard here, and den fælles kalenderen is also wrong because that would overdo the definiteness in the wrong way.

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Why is it den and not det?