No. 441 in Danish
dagens
"Dagens" in English means "today's" or "of the day."
In a sentence
Jeg spiste dagens ret på restauranten.
I ate the daily special at the restaurant.
Here, 'dagens' is used as a possessive adjective meaning 'of the day,' describing the dish offered on that particular day.
Dagens vejrudsigt lover solskin.
Today's weather forecast promises sunshine.
In this context, 'dagens' modifies 'vejrudsigt' to mean the weather forecast for today.
Har du læst dagens avis?
Have you read today's newspaper?
Here, 'dagens' indicates possession, referring to the newspaper published today.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “dagens” in actual Danish podcasts.
Find “dagens” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Danish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into dansk, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Danish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).