Hvis håndtaget sidder løst, må vi ringe til en håndværker.

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Breakdown of Hvis håndtaget sidder løst, må vi ringe til en håndværker.

• til: to
• vi: we
• hvis: if

Questions & Answers about Hvis håndtaget sidder løst, må vi ringe til en håndværker.

What does hvis do in this sentence?

Hvis means if and introduces a condition.

So Hvis håndtaget sidder løst is the if-clause: it sets up the situation under which the next thing happens.

It is a subordinate clause, which matters for word order in the rest of the sentence.

Why is it håndtaget and not håndtag?

The basic noun is et håndtag, meaning a handle.

Danish adds -et to many neuter nouns to make them definite singular:

• et håndtag = a handle
• håndtaget = the handle

So håndtaget is used because the sentence is talking about a specific handle, not just any handle.

Why does Danish use sidder here?