Mønstringsstasjonen er ved bagasjeoppbevaringen.

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Breakdown of Mønstringsstasjonen er ved bagasjeoppbevaringen.

• ved: by
• bagasjeoppbevaringen: the luggage storage
• mønstringsstasjonen: the muster station

Questions & Answers about Mønstringsstasjonen er ved bagasjeoppbevaringen.

Why are mønstringsstasjonen and bagasjeoppbevaringen written as single long words?

Because Norwegian very often makes compound nouns by joining words together into one word.

• mønstringsstasjon(en) = mønstring
  • stasjon
    • the definite ending -en
• bagasjeoppbevaring(en) = bagasje
  • oppbevaring
    • the definite ending -en

This is much more common in Norwegian than in English. Where English often writes baggage storage as two words, Norwegian usually prefers one combined noun: bagasjeoppbevaring.

What does the ending -en mean in both nouns?

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun, like the in English.

So:

• mønstringsstasjon = muster station
• mønstringsstasjonen = the muster station

And:

• bagasjeoppbevaring = baggage storage / luggage storage
• bagasjeoppbevaringen = the baggage storage / the luggage storage area

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word before it.

Why is there no separate word for the?