Hvis reservedækket også er fladt, må vi ringe til mekanikeren.

If the spare tire is also flat, we have to call the mechanic.

Breakdown of Hvis reservedækket også er fladt, må vi ringe til mekanikeren.

• være: to be
• til: to
• vi: we
• hvis: if

Questions & Answers about Hvis reservedækket også er fladt, må vi ringe til mekanikeren.

Why is reservedækket written as one word?

Because Danish, like German, very often forms nouns as compound words.

• reserve = spare / reserve
• dæk = tire
• reservedæk = spare tire

In the sentence, it appears as reservedækket, which is the definite form: the spare tire.

So:

• et reservedæk = a spare tire
• reservedækket = the spare tire

Danish usually writes these compounds as one word, not as two separate words.

Why does reservedæk become reservedækket?

Danish often makes nouns definite by adding the definite article as an ending.

For neuter nouns like et dæk, the definite singular is usually -et:

• et dæk = a tire
• dækket = the tire

The same happens with the compound noun:

• et reservedæk = a spare tire
• reservedækket = the spare tire

So the ending -et works like English the.

Why is it fladt and not flad?