Trallen står ved personheisen.

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of appearing as a separate word in front.

So:

• en tralle = a trolley/cart
• trallen = the trolley/cart

And:

• en personheis = a passenger elevator
• personheisen = the passenger elevator

That is why you see trallen and personheisen, not a separate word for the.

Norwegian often prefers a position verb when talking about where something is located.

Here, står is the present tense of å stå, meaning to stand. For many objects that are upright or placed somewhere, Norwegian naturally uses stå rather than the more general være.

So for a trolley/cart, står sounds very natural.

This is a common pattern in Norwegian:

• things can stå if they are standing/upright
• things can ligge if they are lying
• things can sitte if they are sitting/attached

English often just uses is, but Norwegian is more specific.

Ved here means something like by, next to, near, or at.

It tells you the trolley’s position relative to the elevator. It does not mean that the trolley is inside the elevator. It means it is located close to it.

So ved personheisen means the trolley is by/near the passenger elevator.

Yes, it is one word because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

Here:

• person = person
• heis = elevator/lift

Together they make personheis, meaning passenger elevator.

Then the definite ending is added to the whole compound:

• personheis = a passenger elevator
• personheisen = the passenger elevator

This is very typical in Norwegian. English often separates these words, but Norwegian usually joins them.

Står is the present tense of å stå.

So:

• å stå = to stand
• står = stands / is standing

A useful thing for English speakers is that Norwegian verbs do not change according to the subject:

• jeg står
• du står
• han står
• vi står

The verb form stays the same.

The dictionary forms are the indefinite singular forms:

• en tralle
• en personheis

Both are common-gender nouns in Bokmål, so they normally take en in the indefinite singular and -en in the definite singular.

So the pattern is:

• en tralle → trallen
• en personheis → personheisen

Yes. Norwegian allows the sentence to be rearranged for emphasis.

For example:

Ved personheisen står trallen.

This puts the location first, so it emphasizes where the trolley is.

But notice what happens: the verb still stays in second position. That is an important Norwegian rule, often called the V2 rule.

So both are correct:

• Trallen står ved personheisen.
• Ved personheisen står trallen.

The difference is mainly emphasis.

Personheis is more specific than heis.

• heis = elevator/lift
• personheis = passenger elevator

This can matter in places where there is more than one kind of elevator, for example a passenger elevator and a freight elevator.

So personheisen makes it clear that this is the elevator for people, not something like a goods lift.

In everyday conversation, if the context is obvious, people might simply say heisen. But personheisen is more precise.