"The girl is a child."

Translation: Pigen er et barn.

[Gogkti]

Why is it et and not en?

[bjarkehs]

Because barn is neuter gender. You would say: barnet and not barnen, because then you start sounding Swedish :P

You can always check the gender here: ordnet.dk

• "Fælleskøn" = common gender
• "Intetkøn" = neuter gender

[DenPige]

"Then you start sounding Swedish..." and you don't want that hehe

[milesberesford]

How come I see this spelt børn?

[bjarkehs]

• child = barn
• children = børn

[milesberesford]

Thank you :)

[peterbech2]

When will the voice start to pronounce "et" correct and bot as two distinct letters?

[denysmace]

Interestingly, in parts of Britain children can be referred to as bairns. Presumably inherited from Danish, when Danes ruled large parts of Britain