Adgangskontrollen fungerer hele døgnet.

to work (to function)

Breakdown of Adgangskontrollen fungerer hele døgnet.

• hele: whole
• døgnet: the 24-hour period
• adgangskontrollen: the access control

Questions & Answers about Adgangskontrollen fungerer hele døgnet.

Why is adgangskontrollen written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as one single word.

• adgang = access, entry
• kontroll = control, check

Together, adgangskontroll means access control. Then Norwegian adds the definite ending directly to the noun, giving adgangskontrollen = the access control or the access control system/check.

This is very normal in Norwegian. English often uses two words where Norwegian uses one compound.

Why does adgangskontrollen end in -en?

The ending -en marks the noun as definite singular.

The base noun is:

• en adgangskontroll = an access control system / access control

The definite form is:

• adgangskontrollen = the access control system / the access control

A useful rule: in compounds, the last part usually decides the gender and inflection. Since kontroll is a common-gender noun, the whole compound behaves like one too.

What form is fungerer?

Fungerer is the present tense of fungere, which means to function or to work.

So:

• fungere = to function
• fungerer = functions / works / is working

In Norwegian, the present tense is often formed with -er, so this is a very common pattern.