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Adjectives

The 3 forms
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Adjectives change according to gender, number and definite forms
 
Basic form (affected by gender)
en stor hund a big dog
hunden er stor the dog is big
   
T-form (affected by gender)
et stort hus a big house
huset er stort / Det er stort the house is big / It is big  
     
E-form (affected by number and definite forms)
1. Use with plurals:  
husene er store the houses are big
nogle store hunde some big dogs
   
2. Use after definite forms:  
min store hund my big dog (possessive pronoun)
dit store hus your big house  
     
den store hund the big dog (den/det)
det store hus the big house  
     
Sørens store hund Søren's big dog (possessive noun)
mandens store hus the man's big house  
List of Danish adjectives (with audio)