Spillbrikken er blå.

It is a compound noun:

• spill = game
• brikke = piece, token, or counter

So spillbrikke means game piece or playing piece.

In Norwegian, compound nouns are usually written as one word, not two.

Spillbrikken is the definite singular form: the game piece.

• en spillbrikke = a game piece
• spillbrikken = the game piece

In Norwegian, definiteness is often shown by adding an ending to the noun instead of using a separate word like the.

Here, the ending -en marks the noun as definite.

Because brikke is usually a common gender noun in Norwegian.

For many common gender nouns:

• indefinite singular: en brikke
• definite singular: brikken

The same pattern applies in the compound:

• en spillbrikke
• spillbrikken

So the whole compound takes the definite ending on the last part.

Yes. Norwegian forms compound nouns very freely, much like German.

So instead of writing something like game piece as two words, Norwegian usually writes:

• spillbrikke

The final part of the compound is the main noun, and the earlier part describes it.

Er means is.

It is the present tense of the verb å være = to be.

Examples:

• Jeg er = I am
• du er = you are
• spillbrikken er blå = the game piece is blue

Here blå is a predicate adjective, meaning it comes after er and describes the subject.

In Norwegian, adjectives used this way often appear in their basic agreement form depending on the noun.

Since spillbrikken is a singular common gender noun, blå is the correct form.

Compare:

• en blå spillbrikke = a blue game piece
• spillbrikken er blå = the game piece is blue

Usually yes.

With many adjectives, a neuter singular noun takes -tt in the indefinite form. For blå, that gives:

• et hus er blått = a/the house is blue

But with a common gender noun:

• en spillbrikke er blå
• spillbrikken er blå

And in the plural:

• spillbrikkene er blå = the game pieces are blue

So adjective agreement depends on gender and number.

Because Norwegian usually puts definiteness on the noun itself.

English:

• the game piece

Norwegian:

• spillbrikken

That definite meaning is built into the ending -en.

Sometimes Norwegian can also use a separate determiner with a definite noun, but that happens in special structures, such as with adjectives:

• den blå spillbrikken = the blue game piece

The basic word order is:

• Subject + verb + adjective/complement

So:

• Spillbrikken = subject
• er = verb
• blå = complement

This is very similar to English:

• The game piece is blue.

Yes, if the context already makes it clear which game piece you mean.

• Den er blå = It is blue

Here den refers back to a common-gender noun like spillbrikken.

A rough guide is:

• spill sounds a bit like spill in English, but with a shorter, clearer vowel
• brikken sounds roughly like BRIK-ken

So the whole word is approximately:

• SPILL-brik-ken

The stress is usually on the first part of the compound: SPILLbrikken.

Blå is pronounced roughly like blaw, but with a Norwegian å sound, which is deeper and rounder than English a.

So:

• blå ≈ blaw

If you are learning Bokmål, this is the standard spelling.

Yes. Depending on context, it can mean:

• a game piece
• a playing piece
• a token
• sometimes a counter or marker

The exact English word depends on the type of game.

Typically:

• en spillbrikke = a game piece
• spillbrikken = the game piece
• spillbrikker = game pieces
• spillbrikkene = the game pieces

Then you could say:

• Spillbrikkene er blå. = The game pieces are blue.

Not really—it is a perfectly normal sentence. But like in English, it often sounds most natural when there is some context, such as talking about pieces in a board game.

For example:

• Den røde spillbrikken er min, men spillbrikken er blå på den andre siden.
• or simply while pointing: Spillbrikken er blå.

So the sentence is grammatically complete and natural, even if real conversation often gives it context.