Utbetalingen kommer neste uke.

to come

Breakdown of Utbetalingen kommer neste uke.

• uken: the week
• neste: next
• utbetalingen: the payout; disbursement

Questions & Answers about Utbetalingen kommer neste uke.

What does the ending -en in utbetalingen mean?

-en makes the noun definite singular. So:

• utbetaling = a payment / a payout
• utbetalingen = the payment / the payout

In this sentence, the speaker is talking about a specific payment that both sides already know about.

Is utbetaling a compound word?

Yes. Utbetaling is a compound noun:

• ut = out
• betaling = payment

So the idea is something like payment out, which becomes payout / disbursement / payment in natural English.

Compound nouns are very common in Norwegian, and they are usually written as one word, not two.

What does kommer mean here?

Here kommer means something like is coming, arrives, or will arrive.

It does not have to mean physical movement, as in a person coming somewhere. In Norwegian, å komme is also used for things like:

• money arriving
• a letter arriving
• news coming
• an event happening soon

So in this sentence, kommer means the payment will reach you / be made next week.

Why is kommer in the present tense if the sentence is about the future?