Endringssøknaden er sendt.

It is a compound noun, which is very common in Norwegian.

• endring = change / amendment
• søknad = application
• endringssøknad = change application / amendment application
• endringssøknaden = the change application

Norwegian often joins words together where English would use several separate words.

The ending -en marks the noun as definite singular.

For søknad:

• en søknad = an application
• søknaden = the application

The whole compound takes the definite ending on the last part:

• en endringssøknad = a change application
• endringssøknaden = the change application

That is how Norwegian normally makes compound nouns definite.

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of standing alone in front of it.

So English:

• the application

becomes Norwegian:

• søknaden

And:

• the change application

becomes:

• endringssøknaden

This is one of the biggest differences from English noun structure.

Norwegian usually needs a finite verb in a full sentence. Here, er is the present tense of å være (to be), and sendt is the past participle of å sende (to send).

So:

• er sendt = is sent / has been sent

Together they form a passive/resultative construction. It tells us that the application has already been sent.

It is best understood as a passive/resultative expression with å være + past participle.

In practice, Endringssøknaden er sendt is often understood like:

• The application has been sent
• or The application is sent

In many real contexts, the most natural English translation is has been sent, because the sentence focuses on the completed result.

This is a very common question.

• er sendt focuses on the current result/state: the application has been sent.
• ble sendt focuses more on the event in the past: the application was sent.

So:

• Endringssøknaden er sendt = the application has been sent / is sent
• Endringssøknaden ble sendt = the application was sent

Both can be translated naturally in English depending on context, but Norwegian often uses them with slightly different emphasis.

Sendt is the past participle of å sende.

Main forms:

• å sende = to send
• sender = send / sends
• sendte = sent (simple past)
• sendt = sent (past participle)

So in er sendt, you need the past participle, not the simple past.

Compare:

• Hun sendte søknaden. = She sent the application.
• Søknaden er sendt. = The application has been sent / is sent.

In this kind of passive expression, sendt normally stays the same.

So you get:

• Søknaden er sendt.
• Brevet er sendt.
• Dokumentene er sendt.

Even though the nouns differ in gender and number, sendt usually remains unchanged here.

This is the normal Norwegian main-clause order:

• subject + verb

So:

• Endringssøknaden = subject
• er = verb
• sendt = participle/complement

This is the straightforward neutral word order, just like English The application has been sent or The application is sent.

Yes, but it means something slightly different.

• Endringssøknaden er sendt. = The change application has been sent.
• En endringssøknad er sendt. = A change application has been sent.

So the original sentence refers to a specific, known application.

Yes. Norwegian very often creates new meanings by combining nouns.

Examples:

• jobb + søknad → jobbsøknad
• bank + konto → bankkonto
• endring + søknad → endringssøknad

This is extremely productive in Norwegian, so learners should get used to looking for the smaller parts inside long words.

A careful approximate pronunciation is:

EN-drings-søk-na-den er shent

A few helpful notes:

• sø contains the Norwegian vowel ø, which does not exist in standard English.
• kj/sj/skj sounds can be tricky, but here søk starts with a normal s sound.
• sendt is often pronounced compactly, with the final consonants close together.

You do not need perfect pronunciation right away, but it helps to recognize that long Norwegian compound words are usually pronounced in clear parts.

Only because it is the first word of the sentence.

Norwegian does not capitalize ordinary nouns the way German does.

So:

• Endringssøknaden er sendt. at the beginning of a sentence
• Jeg vet at endringssøknaden er sendt. in the middle of a sentence

Only proper names and sentence-initial words are capitalized.