Bruktvaren er billig og stilles ut.

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Breakdown of Bruktvaren er billig og stilles ut.

• og: and
• billig: cheap
• bruktvaren: the second-hand item

Questions & Answers about Bruktvaren er billig og stilles ut.

Why is bruktvaren one word?

Norwegian often makes compound nouns by joining words together into a single word.

• brukt = used
• vare = item, product, goods

So bruktvare means used item or second-hand product.

Then -n at the end makes it definite:

• en bruktvare = a used item
• bruktvaren = the used item

This is very common in Norwegian. English often uses separate words where Norwegian prefers one compound word.

Why does bruktvaren end in -en?

The ending -en is the definite article for many masculine nouns in Norwegian.

With vare, you get:

• en vare = an item / a product
• varen = the item / the product

Since bruktvare is built from vare, it follows the same pattern:

• en bruktvare = a used item
• bruktvaren = the used item

So Norwegian usually puts the at the end of the noun, instead of using a separate word like English does.

Why is it er billig and not something like er billigt?