"Det är inte min handske."
Translation:It is not my glove.
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It‘s not from modern German; it’s a parallel formation that developed in both languages.
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Ah, you’re absolutely right — I checked too hurriedly the other day, and misread the etymology. SAOB lists it as a borrowing from Middle Low German, which in turn comes from Old Saxon. So not a parallel formation at all, as you say.
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Even the norwegian course girl disowned that glove. Let's try with the danish one...
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"This is not my glove" would be more accurately translated into "Det här är inte min handske"
"This" implies the presence of the object you're talking about. "It" just implies you are talking about the object.
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Why is "mitten" in this sentence not correct? I translated just from the sound and in German both glove and mitten are "Handschuh"
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Mittens are gloves that have two sections: one for the thumb and one for the other four fingers. A mitten translates to 'en vante', the plural form is 'vantar'.
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Min and mitt both mean 'my'. Min is used before en-words and mitt is used before ett-words. Mig is an object pronoun, like 'me' in English.
