Vinden kommer fra øst.

Vind means wind in a general sense.

Vinden means the wind. The ending -en is the definite article added to the noun, so Norwegian often says the wind as one word instead of using a separate word like English the.

• vind = wind
• vinden = the wind

So Vinden kommer fra øst literally starts with The wind...

Kommer is the present tense of å komme, which usually means to come.

Here it literally means comes, so the sentence is literally:

The wind comes from east

In natural English, we usually say The wind is coming from the east or The wind comes from the east.

With weather and wind, Norwegian commonly uses kommer fra to describe direction.

This is just a normal Norwegian way to talk about where the wind is blowing from.

So:

• Vinden kommer fra øst = the wind comes from the east
• In natural weather English, that means an easterly wind or the wind is coming from the east

Another common verb is blåser:

• Det blåser fra øst = It is blowing from the east

Both are natural, but kommer fra øst is very straightforward and easy to understand.

For compass directions, Norwegian usually uses the basic direction word after fra:

• fra nord
• fra sør
• fra øst
• fra vest

So fra øst is the normal way to say from the east when talking about direction.

Østen often means the East as a region or cultural area, not just the compass direction. So in this sentence, øst is the correct choice.

English says from the east, but Norwegian normally does not use a separate definite article in this kind of directional phrase.

So Norwegian says:

• fra øst = from the east
• i sør = in the south
• mot nord = toward the north

This is just a normal difference between English and Norwegian.

It is basically the direction word east, and in this sentence it functions as the destination/source of the preposition fra.

You do not need to overthink the label too much at this stage. The important pattern is:

• fra øst = from the east
• fra vest = from the west

So you can learn it as a fixed directional expression.

The tricky part is ø.

It is a front rounded vowel that does not exist in standard English. A rough approximation is something like the vowel in British English bird or burn, but with rounded lips.

For øst:

• ø = rounded vowel, similar to a rounded e/ur sound
• st = just st

So it sounds roughly like urst with rounded lips, but that is only an approximation.

The whole sentence is roughly:

VIN-den KOM-mer fra øst

Stress is usually strongest on vind-, kom-, and øst.

In Norwegian, compass directions are normally written with a lowercase letter:

• nord
• sør
• øst
• vest

So øst stays lowercase unless it begins the sentence.

This is similar to English when we mean simple direction rather than a proper name.

You might be understood, but it is not the most natural way to express wind direction.

More natural options are:

• Vinden kommer fra øst = The wind comes from the east
• Vinden blåser fra øst = The wind blows from the east
• Det blåser fra øst = It is blowing from the east

So for wind, use kommer fra or blåser fra rather than er fra.

In Norwegian yes/no questions, the verb usually comes first.

So:

• Statement: Vinden kommer fra øst.
• Question: Kommer vinden fra øst?

That means Is the wind coming from the east? or Does the wind come from the east?

This sentence is Bokmål:

• Vinden kommer fra øst.

A common Nynorsk version would be:

• Vinden kjem frå aust.

So if you are learning Bokmål, the original sentence is exactly what you want.

Yes, very easily. This is a useful pattern to memorize:

• Vinden kommer fra nord. = The wind comes from the north.
• Vinden kommer fra sør. = The wind comes from the south.
• Vinden kommer fra vest. = The wind comes from the west.
• Vinden kommer fra øst. = The wind comes from the east.

So the structure is:

Vinden kommer fra + direction

The word order is:

Vinden + kommer + fra øst

So:

• Vinden = subject
• kommer = verb
• fra øst = prepositional phrase telling direction/source

This is a very standard Norwegian main-clause pattern: subject + verb + the rest.

No, not in this sentence.

• vind = wind
• luft = air

So vinden kommer fra øst is specifically about wind, not just air in general.

It tells you where the wind is coming from.

So if the wind comes from the east, it blows toward the west.

This is the same logic used in English weather reports: an east wind comes from the east.