"Et æg"

Translation: An egg

[nclmar]

This is so short that it sounds abstract!

[Regrets]

You cant hear the "g" which you should. :o

[Nebelung1]

The similarity to the English word should help you with this one though!
Hopefully.. :)

[Moenji]

it sounds like "et eep", even slowed down. that does not help.

[MichaelBut478967]

She sounds so angry when you make her say it slow

[awefulwaffle]

[ˈεˀg] = æg

Den Dansk Ordbog:

• http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=%C3%A6gsearch=S%C3%B8g

[spottedleaf45]

Wait, why can't you use "A" instead of "An"? I thought that was only in English...

[spottedleaf45]

Wow. I just realized that it comes before a word starting with a vowel. Wow.

[ElliottPet4]

Yup! And we pronounce the word "the" like "thee" for words starting with a vowel too

[San_Marino_301]

It seems that the "g" in "æg" is always pronounced, but [ɛːˀɡ̊], [ɛjˀ], and [ɛwˀ] are listed as pronunciations.

[7mal]

How would you say 'the egg'? Ægen?

[Xneb]

"Æg" is neuter, so it would be "ægget"

[Robbadob]

Whenever a word takes 'et', attach it onto the end instead of en.
en pige = a girl
pigen = the girl
et æg = an egg
ægget = the egg

[Imapetsitter]

An egg is alive. Why et instead of en?

[Xneb]

The egg technically isn't alive, it would be the embryo inside the egg that would be considered alive, but the advice "en is used for living things" is more a rule of thumb than a fixed rule. It's usually best to just learn the gender of the noun along with the noun.

[SantiAnnd]

There really aren't such rules in Danish nouns such as live or inaninate things, you gotta learn them from memory!

[Fiona292848]

I mistook the "æg" for "ikke" :(

[Robbadob]

Et ikke?

[teksten1]

Thanks for help

[Amina_sub]

What's the difference between et and en ?