Questions & Answers about Parkering er lovlig her.
Parkering is a noun, meaning parking as an activity or practice. In this sentence, Norwegian is talking about parking in a general sense, not about someone specifically doing the action right now.
So:
- Parkering er lovlig her. = Parking is legal here.
If you wanted a verb-based version, Norwegian often uses:
- Det er lov å parkere her. = It is allowed to park here.
Both are natural, but the sentence you were given uses the noun parkering.
No. Norwegian often leaves out the article when talking about something in a general, abstract way.
Here, parkering means parking in general, so no article is needed:
- Parkering er lovlig her.
If you said parkeringen, that would mean the parking, referring to some specific parking situation or parking arrangement, which is not what this sentence is doing.
It is a noun formed from a verb. The verb is:
- å parkere = to park
And the noun is:
- parkering = parking
This is similar to English, where a verb can become a noun:
- to park → parking
In Norwegian, nouns ending in -ing are very common and often describe an action or process.