Learn Swedish: Är du beroende av kaffe på morgonen? - Are you dependent on coffee in the morning?

Beroende (dependent) is a present participle adjective ending in -ende. Unlike most standard Swedish adjectives, these are invariable. This means they never change form, regardless of whether the noun they describe is an en word, an ett word, singular, or plural.

Why do we use av here when the English translation says dependent on?

Prepositions rarely match up perfectly between languages. While in English you say dependent on or addicted to, the fixed expression in Swedish is always beroende av (literally dependent of). It is best to memorize these words together as a set pair.

Why is morgonen in the definite form here?

When talking about a recurring part of the day, like a habit you have every morning, Swedish uses the preposition på followed by the definite form of the time word. So på morgonen naturally translates to in the morning or in the mornings.

I have seen the word beroende used as a noun before. Is it the same word?

Yes! Words ending in -ande and -ende can often act as both adjectives and nouns. In this sentence, it is an adjective describing du (you), but you might also see ett beroende, which is a noun meaning an addiction or a dependency.