"Børnene er ikke ansvarlige."

Translation: The children are not responsible.

[j2123]

Of course not. The duck is.

[GirlWithTheGold]

I LOVE THIS!

[swag4squid]

probably. or maybe the bear

[SeanZar]

So does ikke always come after the verb, or are the rules more like the German "nicht?"

[Jnwulff]

Det tror jeg ikke --> i do not think so (ikke can sometimes be placed in the end of a sentence)

Placing it before the verb is uncommon
Mon ikke der er untagelser --> there are probably exceptions

[Isaac_Luna_]

As in the characteristic of being responsible and taking care of things, or is it as in being the ones to blame?

[tddk]

"As in the characteristic of being responsible and taking care of things, or is it as in NOT being the ones to blame?" Both.

[Isaac_Luna_]

Ok. My question was more as in the characteristic or being the ones responsible for something such as a crime, but that answers it, I suppose. Tak.

[Talmerian]

So is there something having to do with the word answer in the word for responsible?

[kunt16]

I'm wondering the same thing! "The children are not answerable"

[GerritStoll]

well, in german it translates to "verantwortlich", which involves "antwort" or answer in english