What is it?

Non-count nouns only come in singular form. You cannot put en or et or a number in front. They are 'uncountable'.

The Rules

Examples

Kunne jeg få noget vand?	Could I have some water, please?
Vi har fået noget regn i dag	We have had some rain today

Exception! or not..?

What might seem like an exception could be:

Må jeg bede om en kaffe, tak?	Could I have a coffee, please

Kaffe being a non-count noun should not have en prefixed. However, as it actually is en kop kaffe (a cup of coffee) that's being said. The article en remains and only kop is omitted.

Here is a list of the most common non-count nouns:

			elektricitet	electricity	n -en
			kaffe	coffee	n -en
			regn	rain	n -en
			sand	sand	n -et
			sne	snow	n -en
			te	tea	n -en
			et vejr	weather	n -et

Definite Noun-count Nouns

When in definite form the non-count nouns follow the normal pattern with -en and -et suffixed the noun.

Regnen varede hele dagen	The rain lasted all day