Questions & Answers about Violinens lyd er ikke lige så høj som trommernes.
Because violinens is the genitive form, meaning the violin’s.
- violinen = the violin
- violinens = the violin’s
So Violinens lyd literally means the violin’s sound.
In Danish, the genitive is usually made by adding -s to the noun, including nouns that already have the definite ending:
- bogen = the book
- bogens = the book’s
Because lyd is being used in a possessive phrase: Violinens lyd = the violin’s sound.
In Danish, when a noun is modified by a genitive phrase, it is usually indefinite, just like in English:
- the violin’s sound
- not the violin’s the sound
So:
- violinens lyd = the violin’s sound
- not violinens lyden