Bagasjeoppbevaringen er stengt.

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Breakdown of Bagasjeoppbevaringen er stengt.

• stengt: closed
• bagasjeoppbevaringen: the luggage storage

Questions & Answers about Bagasjeoppbevaringen er stengt.

What is bagasjeoppbevaringen made up of?

It is a compound noun:

• bagasje = luggage, baggage
• oppbevaring = storage, keeping
• -en = the definite ending

So bagasjeoppbevaringen literally means the luggage storage or the baggage storage.

The main part, grammatically, is oppbevaring, and bagasje tells you what kind of storage it is.

Why is bagasjeoppbevaringen written as one long word?

Because Norwegian normally writes compound nouns as one word.

So where English often writes:

• luggage storage
• train station
• summer holiday

Norwegian usually writes:

• bagasjeoppbevaring
• togstasjon
• sommerferie

This is very normal in Norwegian, even when the word gets long.

Why is there no separate word for the?

In Norwegian, the is often built into the noun as an ending.

So:

• bagasjeoppbevaring = luggage storage
• bagasjeoppbevaringen = the luggage storage

That -en at the end is doing the job that the does in English.

A separate word like den is usually added when there is also an adjective:

• den nye bagasjeoppbevaringen = the new luggage storage