Danish grammar
Comparative adverbs
| Comparative adverbs show change or comparison with actions: bedre = better, hurtigst = fastest. Danish forms them either with endings (-ere/-est) or with the helpers mere/mest. | |
| Two ways to compare adverbs | |
| Short, common adverbs → add -ere/-est. Longer/derived adverbs → use mere/mest. | |
| ofte → oftere → oftest | often → more often → most often |
| hurtigt → hurtigere → hurtigst | quickly → more quickly → most quickly |
| effektivt → mere effektivt → mest effektivt | efficiently → more efficiently → most efficiently |
| tydeligt → mere tydeligt → mest tydeligt | clearly → more clearly → most clearly |