Danish  Linguistic Information

a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-n-o-p-q-r-s-t-u-v-w-x-y-z-æ-ø-å

Old writing: ae, oe, aa
New writing: æ,  ø,  å
Incorrect:   e,  o,  a

Peculiarities found in old Danish texts:
c is sometimes written k           (kurator - curator)
k is sometimes written c           (curator - kurator)
j is sometimes written i           (linie - linje)
j is sometimes inserted or omitted (kjøn - køn)
                                   (kjære - kære)
                                   (Kjøbenhavn - København) 

In the old days nouns were written with capitals,
they are now all written with small letters

* denotes old words in the word list 
  which are seldom or not used in modern Danish.

To find the dictionary form of a word 
remove the endings:

Nouns can have the endings:
Articles: -n, -en, -t, -et, -ne, -ene (gård-en, gård-ene)
Plural:   -e, -r, -er                 (gård-e, have-r, mark-er)
Genitive: -s                          (gård-s, gårde-s, gården-s, gårdene-s)

Order of endings:  Noun + plural + article + genitive 
Eg: gårdenes       gård + e      + ne      + s          (=of the farms)

Adjectives can have the endings:
Gender: -t                            (stor-t, gammel-t)
Plural: -e                            (stor-e, ung-e)
Irregularities:                       (gaml-e = gammel)     

Verbs can have the endings:
Infinitive: -e or no ending
= Dictionary form                     (lev-e, spis-e, bo, gå)

Present tense: -r, -er                (spis-er, gå-r, lev-er)
Past tense I:  -de, -ede              (leve-de, bo-ede)
Past tense II: -te                    (spis-te, køb-te)
Perfect tense: -t, -et                (leve-t, køb-t, bo-et)
Passive voice: -s                     (leve-s, købe-s)
Irregular verbs

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