Medmorkvoten er i foreldrepengesøknaden.

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Breakdown of Medmorkvoten er i foreldrepengesøknaden.

• i: in
• foreldrepengesøknaden: the parental-benefit application
• medmorkvoten: the co-mother's quota

Questions & Answers about Medmorkvoten er i foreldrepengesøknaden.

What does medmorkvoten mean?

It is a compound noun:

• medmor = co-mother
• kvote = quota or allotted share

So medmorkvoten means the co-mother’s quota. In Norwegian administrative language, this usually refers to the part of parental leave or parental benefits reserved for the co-mother.

What is a medmor?

A medmor is not just any mother. It is a specific legal term in Norwegian.

It usually refers to the female parent who is not the birth mother, for example in a female same-sex couple. So medmor is closer to co-mother than to simply mother.

Why is medmorkvoten written as one word?

Because Norwegian normally writes compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• medmor
  • kvote → medmorkvote
• medmorkvote
  • definite ending -n / -en → medmorkvoten

English often uses separate words, but Norwegian usually does not. Writing medmor kvoten would look wrong.

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