Stemmegruppen velger konsertantrekket.

The voice section chooses the concert outfit.

Breakdown of Stemmegruppen velger konsertantrekket.

• velge: to choose
• stemmegruppen: the voice section
• konsertantrekket: the concert outfit

Questions & Answers about Stemmegruppen velger konsertantrekket.

Why are stemmegruppen and konsertantrekket written as single words?

Because Norwegian very often forms compound nouns as one word, where English would often use two or more words.

• stemmegruppe = stemme
  • gruppe
• konsertantrekk = konsert
  • antrekk

When these are made definite, they become:

• stemmegruppen = the voice group / the vocal section
• konsertantrekket = the concert outfit

Writing them as separate words would usually be wrong in standard Norwegian.

Why do both nouns end in -en or -et?

Those endings mark the definite form of the noun, roughly like English the.

• en stemmegruppe = a voice group

• stemmegruppen = the voice group

• et konsertantrekk = a concert outfit
• konsertantrekket = the concert outfit

So instead of using a separate word like English the, Norwegian often adds the definiteness directly to the noun.

Why is it stemmegruppen but konsertantrekket?