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 |