Language/Danish/Grammar/The-Genitive-Case-in-Danish

Hello everybody,

In today's lesson you will learn how to use THE GENITIVE CASE¨ in Danish.

Happy learning! :)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE	DANISH
COMMON GENITIVE ('S or OF THE)	GENITIV FÆLLESKØN (-S)
THE CAR	BILEN
THE BOY	DRENGEN
THE BOY'S CAR	DRENGENS BIL
THE FOOD	MADEN
THE DOG	HUNDEN
THE DOG'S FOOD	HUNDENS MAD
NEUTER GENITIVE ('S or OF THE)	GENITIV INTETKØN (-S)
THE WINDOW	VINDUET
THE HOUSE	HUSET
THE WINDOW OF THE HOUSE	HUSETS VINDUE
THE KITCHEN	KØKKENET
THE HOTEL	HOTELLET
THE KITCHEN OF THE HOTEL	HOTELLETS KØKKEN
PLURAL GENITIVE FOR ALL (S' or OF THE)	GENITIV FLERTAL (-S)
THE CAR	BILEN
THE BOYS	DRENGENE
THE BOYS' CARS	DRENGENES BILER
THE FOOD	MADEN
THE DOGS	HUNDENE
THE FOOD OF THE DOGS	HUNDENES MAD
WRITE (OF) FOR QUANTITY AND TYPES
A BOTTLE OF WATER	EN FLASKE VAND
A JUICE OF ORANGE	EN APPELSINSAFT
A MAP OF CHINA	ET KORT OVER KINA

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