Breakdown of Skadeoppgjøret tok to uker.
uken
the week
to
two
ta
to take
skadeoppgjøret
the insurance claim settlement
Questions & Answers about Skadeoppgjøret tok to uker.
Why is skadeoppgjøret written as one long word?
Because Norwegian very often makes compound nouns by joining words together.
Here, skadeoppgjør is made from:
- skade = damage / injury / claim
- oppgjør = settlement
So skadeoppgjør means something like claim settlement or damage settlement.
Then -et is added to make it definite:
- et skadeoppgjør = a claim settlement
- skadeoppgjøret = the claim settlement
This is very normal in Norwegian. Where English often uses several words, Norwegian often prefers one compound word.
Why does skadeoppgjøret end in -et?
The ending -et marks the noun as definite singular.
The base noun is et skadeoppgjør, which is a neuter noun. For many neuter nouns, the definite singular ending is -et:
- et hus → huset
- et brev → brevet
- et skadeoppgjør → skadeoppgjøret
So skadeoppgjøret means the claim settlement, not just a claim settlement.
What is tok? Is it related to ta?