Forgrunnen er mørk.

to be

Breakdown of Forgrunnen er mørk.

• mørk: dark
• forgrunnen: the foreground

Questions & Answers about Forgrunnen er mørk.

Why does forgrunnen end in -en?

Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

• forgrunn = foreground
• forgrunnen = the foreground

So the -en here works like English the.

What is the base form of forgrunnen?

The base form is forgrunn.

That is the indefinite form, meaning foreground.
When you make it definite, you get forgrunnen = the foreground.

Why is there no separate word for the?

In Norwegian, the definite article is often attached to the noun itself instead of standing in front of it.

So English:

• the foreground

becomes Norwegian:

• forgrunnen

This is one of the first big differences English speakers notice.

What does er mean here?