Denne jakken ser veldig stilfull ut.

This jacket looks very stylish.

Breakdown of Denne jakken ser veldig stilfull ut.

• veldig: very
• se ut: to look
• denne: this
• jakken: the jacket

Questions & Answers about Denne jakken ser veldig stilfull ut.

Why does jakken end with -en?

-en is the definite singular suffix for common-gender nouns in Bokmål. Instead of a separate word “the,” Norwegian attaches -en to jakke (jacket), giving jakken (“the jacket”).

How do you say a jacket in Norwegian?

Use the indefinite article en before the noun. “A jacket” is en jakke.

Why is it denne jakken instead of det jakken or den jakken?

For common-gender nouns like jakke, the demonstrative “this” is denne.
• det is used with neuter nouns (e.g. det huset, “this house”)
• den alone is the pronoun “that one” without a noun (e.g. den er fin, “that one is nice”)
So “this jacket” must be denne jakken.

What does ser … ut mean? Is ut necessary?

ser ut comes from the verb se ut, literally “see out,” but idiomatically “to appear” or “to look.” You need both parts—ser (“sees”) and ut (“out”)—to get the meaning “looks/seems.” Without ut, ser just means “sees.”

Why is veldig placed before stilfull?