Utslagsspørsmålet står i fasiten.

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Breakdown of Utslagsspørsmålet står i fasiten.

• stå: to say (in writing)
• utslagsspørsmålet: the tie-breaker question
• fasiten: the answer key

Questions & Answers about Utslagsspørsmålet står i fasiten.

Why is utslagsspørsmålet one long word?

Norwegian often makes compound nouns by writing them as a single word.

So:

• utslag
  • spørsmål = utslagsspørsmål
• with the definite ending -et added: utslagsspørsmålet

This is very common in Norwegian. Where English often uses several words, Norwegian frequently joins them into one:

• togstasjon = train station
• skolebok = school book / textbook
• utslagsspørsmål = tie-break question / deciding question

So to a Norwegian learner, one long noun is completely normal here.

What is the -et ending in utslagsspørsmålet?

The -et is the definite article ending for a neuter noun.

The base form is:

• et utslagsspørsmål = a tie-break question

The definite form is:

• utslagsspørsmålet = the tie-break question

Unlike English, Norwegian usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of putting a separate word like the in front.

A quick comparison:

• et spørsmål = a question
• spørsmålet = the question

So utslagsspørsmålet means that we are talking about a specific, known question.

Why is there an extra s in utslagsspørsmålet?