"Han er direktør."

Translation: He is a manager.

[awefulwaffle]

According to a Danish grammar book, nouns denoting nationality, profession, religion or political beliefs:

• do not use an article in Danish
• do use the indefinite article in English

Example: Hun er læge. = She is a doctor.

But the indefinite article must be added in Danish if the noun is qualified by an adjective or relative clause.

Example: Hun er en dygtig læge. = She is a skilled doctor.

[-HKBK-]

thanks for your explanation, it's very helpful!

[Trinipular]

Thank you so much for this! A really great explanation.

[GhostTheUnholy]

No one asked yet and you still gave an answer to what we were going to ask. Much love and respect to you.

[Radwinter]

Thanks! How would you say 'he is the manager' - or in your example, 'she is the doctor' ?

[malloryraymond]

Do you not use "en/et"?

[22decembre]

I believe it's because of job : if you say "he is A director", you somewhat expect to say a director of what...

Now you simply say that "he is director", no matter of what.

[e_kat_e]

Welcome to Denmark, where "direktør" does not mean "director", "advokat" does not mean "advocate", "and" is not "and", "løve" is not "love", my point is, you'll forget the english you knew.
Still, love Denmark.

[Julie503909]

'Direktør' could imply that 'he is a/the CEO'

[DavidLamb53073]

Somebody has written here, "Welcome to Denmark, where "direktør" does not mean "director"," but "He is a director" is accepted here.

[JJH-A]

he is a boss

[reru1]

so could it be 'a', or 'the' or both?

[Jay54674523]

Watch funny in danish be "amusær"