Questions & Answers about Dörren är låst nu.
Why is it Dörren and not den dörren?
Swedish puts the definite article on the noun as a suffix: dörr + -en = dörren (the door). You add a separate article only when there’s an adjective: den låsta dörren (the locked door). Saying den dörren without an adjective is usually redundant or very contrastive.
What gender is dörr, and what are its basic forms?
It’s common gender (an/en-word): indefinite singular en dörr, definite singular dörren, indefinite plural dörrar, definite plural dörrarna.
What is låst exactly—an adjective or a verb form?
It’s the past participle of låsa (to lock), used adjectivally. With är, it describes a state: är låst = is in a locked state. The verb låsa conjugates roughly: låser (present), låste (past), har låst (has locked), with låst also used as an adjective.
Why use är låst instead of something like har låst?