Kontrollfristen er neste måned.

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Breakdown of Kontrollfristen er neste måned.

• neste: next
• måneden: the month
• kontrollfristen: the inspection deadline

Questions & Answers about Kontrollfristen er neste måned.

Why is kontrollfristen written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

Here, kontrollfristen is made from:

• kontroll = inspection, check, control
• frist = deadline, time limit
• -en = the definite ending

So the basic compound is kontrollfrist = inspection deadline / review deadline, and kontrollfristen = the inspection deadline.

This is very common in Norwegian. English often uses several words where Norwegian prefers one compound word.

What does the ending -en mean in kontrollfristen?

The ending -en marks the noun as definite, meaning the.

So:

• en kontrollfrist = an inspection deadline
• kontrollfristen = the inspection deadline

This is one of the biggest differences from English. Norwegian often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.

Why is there no separate word for the before kontrollfristen?

Because in Norwegian, definite nouns usually already include the idea of the as a suffix.

So English says:

• the deadline

But Norwegian usually says:

• fristen

not the + frist as two separate words.

With this sentence, kontrollfristen already means the inspection deadline, so no extra word is needed.