Strømmen er fornybar.

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Breakdown of Strømmen er fornybar.

• strømmen: the power
• fornybar: renewable

Questions & Answers about Strømmen er fornybar.

Why is it strømmen and not just strøm?

Because Norwegian usually adds definiteness to the end of the noun.

• en strøm = a current / an electricity supply
• strømmen = the current / the electricity

So -en is the definite ending for many masculine/common-gender nouns.

In context, strømmen often means the electricity or the power supply. If you said strøm instead, it would sound more indefinite or more like the substance/concept in general.

What gender is strøm?

Strøm is an en-word in Bokmål, often called common gender.

So its forms are:

• en strøm = a current / an electricity supply
• strømmen = the current / the electricity

That is why the definite form ends in -en.

Why is there no separate word for the?

In Norwegian, the is often attached to the noun instead of being a separate word.

So:

• strømmen literally contains the idea of the electricity
• you do not normally say the strømmen

This is one of the biggest differences from English. Norwegian often marks definiteness with a suffix:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car

The same pattern is used in strømmen.