"This is my new boat."

Translation: Dette er min nye båd.

[gkanelov]

Why not "Denne"?

[RidderJakob]

'Dette' is used until the gender of the noun is revealed :)

[MaxSmith630103]

"Det her" no?

[Matt92HUN]

So "denne båd" is wrong even though båd is an en word, but dette kvinde is wrong because...?

[mipani]

Mind the difference: "dette er ..." vs. "denne kvinde". The "dette" is used for something that is unspecified at first, while "denne" is followed by a noun which has a speciefied gender, hence you must use the correct gender (and number), i.e. denne, dette, disse.

[Estoniass]

I recall something on DL saying that "denne" is used mostly for living things, however there are exceptions for both "denne" and "dette".

[Dietet7]

Why not "mit nye båd" because of the same reason as "dette" ?