"Haven er foran huset."

Translation: The garden is in front of the house.

[Torsby]

Nawh, haven is a quite misleading word :/. I thought it meant sea

[Xneb]

Quick tip: Sea is neuter, so "the sea" would be havet, whereas garden is common and so "the garden" is "haven"

[chilvence]

Apparently 'have' = 'garden', so 'haven' = 'the garden'

Although I thought it was 'harbour', as in the English 'haven' or German 'hafen'. That turns out to be 'havn'.

[bararoom]

Agreed( But it helps to know, that Sebastian (from The Little Mermaid) sings 'Havet er skønt' instead of Under the sea.

[elinemeg]

So anothere question... why is it garden and not yard? Both words translate to "tuin" in Dutch so can someone please explain the difference to me?
Tak!

[RyagonIV]

The difference is a bit a subtle one.
A garden is there for plants (and sometimes animals). You have a well-cut lawn, bushes, maybe some trees. You can grow crops and flowers in a garden.
The yard (or court), on the other hand, is more like a free space, mostly between buildings. It's typically plastered with some patches of grass and a few plants, but mainly intended to give people an open resting place.

[Origami1000]

So does "gården" mean "the yard" and does "haven" means "the garden" because that's confusing

[RyagonIV]

Yes, yes, and yes. :)

Both "yard" and "garden" derive from the same Germanic word, *gardaz via different routes, so the confusion is understandable.

[PushythePirate1]

There's a big difference between garden and yard, depending on whether you're speaking American English or British English (not sure if the Danes make this distinction - I'll have to ask my Danish friend). Yard in AE is the entirety of a person's land, not the house. Like, the kids are throwing the ball in the yard, but the dogs are running all over the place, stealing the balls. A garden is a specific place where plants (not grass), flowers, veggies, etc have been planted. You'd be put out with the kids/dogs if they were running through your garden. I believe that in BE, a garden is what you'd call your entirety of your property (not the house), so you could go play/throw balls out in the garden. In AE, a courtyard is generally a walled in section attached to the house/main building (like a castle), and the walls are generally brick or stone. Could be paved with stone/cement, have grass. Might have some areas of cultivated plants. Probably lots of seating to relax in. (that's in AE, not sure what a courtyard is in BE).

[S3ter]

can't I use "in THE front of the house" ?

[jovainer]

No because it is not the front of the house, it is'nt s part of the house. It is in front of.