"The front of the house"

Translation: Framsidan på huset

[Marieketenb]

Why not 'Husets framsidaN'? Is is THE front of THE house, right?

[Solvind]

Here an example: the chair of the king vs. the king's the chair. The second doesn't work and it doesn't either in Swedish.

[AndrewDoer1]

Can someone explain to me why framför is wrong here? I know its a tense, i just dont ubderstsnd why. A link to either duolingo or somerhibg else would be helpful

[devalanteriel]

framför means a position - "in front of" rather than "the front of".

[sim-hae]

Is "av huset" also correct?

[Lundgren8]

Yeah, it also works, but I’d say på is better here.

[Matt92HUN]

Why is husets framsidan wrong?

[devalanteriel]

I know you know by know, but for the benefit of other learners: the possessive is inherently definite and hence doesn't take the definite form. English works the same way: "the house's the front side" is wrong.