Beregningsgrunnlaget er høyt.

to be

Breakdown of Beregningsgrunnlaget er høyt.

• høy: high
• beregningsgrunnlaget: the calculation basis

Questions & Answers about Beregningsgrunnlaget er høyt.

Why is beregningsgrunnlaget written as one long word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

Here, beregningsgrunnlaget is built from:

• beregning = calculation
• -s- = a linking element
• grunnlag = basis/foundation
• -et = the definite singular ending

So the core noun is grunnlag, and the whole compound behaves like one noun. This is very normal in Norwegian, even when English would often use several words.

What is the -s- doing in beregningsgrunnlag?

The -s- is a linking s used in many Norwegian compounds. It does not mean possession here.

So beregning + grunnlag becomes beregningsgrunnlag. You just have to learn these case by case, because some compounds use a linking sound and some do not.

Why does the noun end in -et, and why is there no separate word for the?

The ending -et marks the noun as definite singular.

Compare:

• et beregningsgrunnlag = a calculation basis
• beregningsgrunnlaget = the calculation basis

Since grunnlag is a neuter noun, its definite singular ending is -et. In simple noun phrases, Norwegian usually attaches definiteness to the noun itself instead of using a separate word like English the.