Suppen lugter af hvidløg.

the soup

Breakdown of Suppen lugter af hvidløg.

• hvidløget: the garlic
• lugte af: to smell like

Questions & Answers about Suppen lugter af hvidløg.

Why is suppen translated as the soup and not just soup?

In Danish, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun.

• suppe = soup
• suppen = the soup

So Suppen means the soup. This is very common in Danish:

• bog = book
• bogen = the book

Why is there no separate word for the?

Because Danish often uses a suffix instead of a separate article.

In English, you say the soup.
In Danish, you usually say suppen, where -en means the.

So the sentence structure is normal Danish:

• Suppen = the soup
• lugter = smells
• af hvidløg = of garlic / like garlic

What form is lugter?