Kredittvurderingen er klar.

The credit assessment is ready.

Breakdown of Kredittvurderingen er klar.

• være: to be
• klar: ready
• kredittvurderingen: the credit assessment

Questions & Answers about Kredittvurderingen er klar.

Why does kredittvurderingen have -en at the end?

Because -en is the definite singular ending for many masculine nouns in Norwegian Bokmål.

The base noun is en kredittvurdering = a credit assessment / a credit evaluation.

When you want to say the credit assessment, Norwegian usually adds the definiteness to the end of the noun:

• en kredittvurdering = a credit assessment
• kredittvurderingen = the credit assessment

So the sentence literally has the built into the noun.

Why is there no separate word for the?

In Norwegian, the is often attached to the noun instead of being a separate word.

So instead of saying something like the credit assessment, Norwegian says:

• kredittvurderingen

This is very normal in Scandinavian languages.

A useful comparison:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car

So:

• en kredittvurdering = a credit assessment
• kredittvurderingen = the credit assessment

What is the base form of kredittvurderingen?