Tidsbegrensningen i strategispillet er kort.

Because Norwegian very often makes compound nouns by joining words together.

Here, tidsbegrensningen is built from:

• tid = time
• begrensning = limitation / restriction

So tidsbegrensning means time limit or time restriction as one noun.

This is very common in Norwegian. Where English often uses separate words, Norwegian often prefers one compound word.

Examples:

• strategispill = strategy game
• sommerferie = summer holiday
• togstasjon = train station

So seeing long nouns like this is completely normal.

The ending -en is the definite singular ending for many Norwegian nouns. It corresponds to English the.

So:

• en tidsbegrensning = a time limit
• tidsbegrensningen = the time limit

Norwegian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word in front.

In this sentence, tidsbegrensningen is definite because it means the time limit, not just a time limit.

For the same two reasons:

1. It is a compound noun
2. It is in the definite singular

It breaks down like this:

• strategi = strategy
• spill = game

So:

• et strategispill = a strategy game
• strategispillet = the strategy game

The ending -et is the definite singular ending for many neuter nouns.

A useful rule: in compounds, the last part usually decides the gender and inflection.

Here the last part is spill, and spill is neuter:

• et spill
• spillet

So:

• et strategispill
• strategispillet

i is the preposition in.

So i strategispillet means in the strategy game.

This phrase tells you where the time limit belongs or applies.

Structure:

• i = in
• strategispillet = the strategy game

Norwegian often uses i in cases where English also uses in:

• i huset = in the house
• i boka = in the book
• i spillet = in the game

Because kort is being used predicatively, after er.

In Norwegian, adjectives often behave differently depending on whether they are:

• attributive: directly before a noun
• predicative: after a verb like er

Compare:

• en kort tidsbegrensning = a short time limit
• tidsbegrensningen er kort = the time limit is short

Even though tidsbegrensningen is definite, the adjective after er is still kort, not korte.

This is an important pattern:

• den korte teksten = the short text
• teksten er kort = the text is short

So:

• before the noun in a definite phrase: often korte
• after er: kort

Also, kort is one of those adjectives whose singular form is already kort, so it does not visibly change here.

er is the present tense of å være, which means to be.

So:

• å være = to be
• er = is / are / am, depending on context

In this sentence:

• Tidsbegrensningen ... er kort = The time limit ... is short

Norwegian does not change the verb the way English does for different persons:

• jeg er = I am
• du er = you are
• han er = he is
• de er = they are

So er is the normal present-tense form.

The basic word order is:

Subject + verb + other information

So here:

• Tidsbegrensningen = subject
• er = verb
• kort = adjective describing the subject
• i strategispillet = prepositional phrase giving context

A more structural view:

Tidsbegrensningen | i strategispillet | er | kort

But in terms of function:

• subject: Tidsbegrensningen i strategispillet
• verb: er
• subject complement: kort

In natural English terms, the whole subject is basically the time limit in the strategy game, and then the sentence says that it is short.

Yes. You can say:

I strategispillet er tidsbegrensningen kort.

This is grammatically correct and may sound more natural if you want to emphasize the game context first.

But when you move something to the front in a Norwegian main clause, you must remember the V2 rule: the finite verb still comes in second position.

So:

• Tidsbegrensningen i strategispillet er kort.
• I strategispillet er tidsbegrensningen kort.

Notice that after fronting I strategispillet, the verb er comes immediately after it, before the subject tidsbegrensningen.

That is a very important Norwegian word-order pattern.