Konsertantrekket er svart.

to be

Breakdown of Konsertantrekket er svart.

• svart: black
• konsertantrekket: the concert outfit

Questions & Answers about Konsertantrekket er svart.

Why is konsertantrekket written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

Here, konsertantrekket is built from:

• konsert = concert
• antrekk = outfit
• -et = the definite ending for a neuter noun

So the structure is basically:

konsert + antrekk + et → konsertantrekket

English often uses two words, like concert outfit, but Norwegian normally joins them into one compound noun.

What does the ending -et mean in konsertantrekket?

The ending -et marks the noun as definite singular.

The base noun is:

• et antrekk = an outfit

Its definite form is:

• antrekket = the outfit

When that noun is part of a compound, the definite ending still goes on the end of the whole word:

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

Why is there no separate word for the?