No. 752 in Danish
vinteren
The winter.
In a sentence
Vinteren er meget kold i Danmark.
The winter is very cold in Denmark.
Here, 'vinteren' is used as the subject of the sentence to specifically refer to the winter season, emphasizing its characteristics in Denmark.
Vi glæder os til vinteren, når sneen falder.
We look forward to the winter when the snow falls.
In this sentence, 'vinteren' is part of a temporal clause, specifying the time of snowfalls that they are looking forward to.
Frugterne blev plukket, før vinteren ankom.
The fruits were picked before the winter arrived.
The word 'vinteren' indicates a point in time acting as a threshold for an action ('fruits being picked').
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