Editing Danish language (section)

==== Definiteness ====
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|{{lang|da|måned}}<br />month||{{lang|da|måneder}}<br />months||{{lang|da|månederne}}<br />the months||{{lang|da|dag}}<br />day||{{lang|da|dage}}<br /> days||{{lang|da|dagene}}<br />"the days"||{{lang|da|år}} <br />year||{{lang|da|år}}<br />years ||{{lang|da|årene}} <br /> the years
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|{{lang|da|bil}}<br />car||{{lang|da|biler}}<br />cars||{{lang|da|bilerne}}<br />the cars||{{lang|da|hund}}<br />dog||{{lang|da|hunde}}<br />dogs||{{lang|da|hundene}}<br />the dogs||{{lang|da|fisk}}<br />fish||{{lang|da|fisk}}<br />fish (pl.)||{{lang|da|fiskene}}<br />the fishes
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Definiteness is marked by two mutually exclusive articles: either a postposed enclitic or a preposed article which is the obligatory way to mark definiteness when nouns are modified by an adjective.{{sfn|Rischel|2012|p=813}} Neuter nouns take the clitic {{lang|da|-et}}, and common gender nouns take {{lang|da|-en}}. Indefinite nouns take the articles {{lang|da|en}} (common gender) or {{lang|da|et}} (neuter). Hence, the common gender noun {{lang|da|en mand}} "a man" (indefinite) has the definite form {{lang|da|manden}} "the man", whereas the neuter noun {{lang|da|et hus}} "a house" (indefinite) has the definite form, "the house" (definite) {{lang|da|huset}}.{{sfn|Haberland|1994|p=323-324}}{{Sfn|Lundskaer-Nielsen|Holmes|2015|p=61-68}}

Indefinite:
*''Jeg så '''et''' hus'': "I saw a house"

Definite with enclitic article:
*''Jeg så hus'''et''''': "I saw the house"

Definite with preposed demonstrative article:
*''Jeg så '''det''' store hus'':<ref group='nb'>Note here that in Swedish and Norwegian the preposed and the enclitic article occur together (e.g. {{lang|da|det store huset}}), whereas in Danish the enclitic article is replaced by the preposed demonstrative.</ref> "I saw the big house"

The plural definite ending is {{lang|da|-(e)ne}} (e.g. {{lang|da|drenge}} "boys > {{lang|da|drengene}} "the boys" and {{lang|da|piger}} "girls" > {{lang|da|pigerne}} "the girls"), and nouns ending in {{lang|da|-ere}} lose the last {{lang|da|-e}} before adding the -ne suffix (e.g. {{lang|da|danskere}} "Danes" > {{lang|da|danskerne}} "the Danes"). When the noun is modified by an adjective, the definiteness is marked by the definite article {{lang|da|den}} (common) or {{lang|da|det}} (neuter) and the definite/plural form of the adjective: {{lang|da|den store mand}} "the big man", {{lang|da|det store hus}} "the big house".{{sfn|Haberland|1994|p=330}}{{sfn|Lundskaer-Nielsen|Holmes|2015|p=61-68}}

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