Indsigelsesfristen er kort.

The dispute deadline is short.

Breakdown of Indsigelsesfristen er kort.

• være: to be
• kort: short
• indsigelsesfristen: the dispute deadline

Questions & Answers about Indsigelsesfristen er kort.

Why is Indsigelsesfristen written as one word?

Because Danish normally writes compound nouns as a single word.

Here, Indsigelsesfristen is built from:

• indsigelse = objection
• frist = deadline / time limit

So indsigelsesfrist means something like objection deadline or time limit for objections.

Then -en is added at the end to make it definite:

• indsigelsesfrist = an objection deadline
• indsigelsesfristen = the objection deadline

This is very common in Danish.

What is the -s- doing in indsigelsesfristen?

That -s- is a linking sound used in many Danish compounds.

So:

• indsigelse
  • frist would be awkward
• Danish instead uses indsigelsesfrist

This linking -s- does not usually add meaning by itself. It just helps join the parts of the compound in a natural way.

You will see this in many words, for example:

• arbejdsdag = workday
• livsglæde = joy of life
• sproghistorie does not use -s-, so it is not automatic in every compound

So the safest approach is to learn compounds as whole words.