Ladekøen er kort, og tomgangsgebyret er lavt.

Those endings mark the definite form in Norwegian: the ...

• en ladekø = a charging queue

• ladekøen = the charging queue

• et tomgangsgebyr = an idle fee
• tomgangsgebyret = the idle fee

Norwegian often adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

This is because predicate adjectives in Norwegian agree with the noun’s gender.

Here the pattern is:

• ladekøen is a common gender noun (en noun), so the adjective stays in its basic form: kort
• tomgangsgebyret is a neuter noun (et noun), so the adjective usually gets -t: lavt

So:

• Køen er kort
• Gebyret er lavt

This same pattern appears with many adjectives:

• Bilen er dyr = The car is expensive
• Huset er dyrt = The house is expensive

Because this is a singular predicate adjective.

In Norwegian, when an adjective comes after er and describes a singular noun, you usually use:

• the basic form for common gender nouns
• the -t form for neuter nouns

You use -e mainly with:

• plural nouns
• often also with definite noun phrases when the adjective comes before the noun

Examples:

• Køen er kort = singular, common gender
• Gebyret er lavt = singular, neuter
• Køene er korte = plural

So korte would not fit here.

Yes. Norwegian very often forms compound nouns as a single word.

Here:

• lade = charge / charging
• kø = queue
• ladekø = charging queue
• ladekøen = the charging queue

Likewise:

• tomgang = idling / idle state
• gebyr = fee
• tomgangsgebyr = idle fee
• tomgangsgebyret = the idle fee

This is very normal in Norwegian. Where English often uses several words, Norwegian often joins them into one.

That -s- is a common linking element in Norwegian compounds. It helps join the two parts smoothly:

• tomgang
  • gebyr → tomgangsgebyr

You cannot always predict it perfectly from English, so it is often something you learn with the word itself. Many Norwegian compounds use this linking -s-, while others do not.

It refers to a fee charged when something is left idle. In the context of EV charging, it usually means a fee you pay if your car stays connected after charging is done, especially if it is taking up a charging spot.

So it is not just any fee: it specifically suggests a fee for occupying the charger without actively charging.

Because this is a straightforward main clause + main clause structure:

• Ladekøen er kort
• og
• tomgangsgebyret er lavt

Norwegian and English often look similar in simple statements:

• The queue is short, and the fee is low
• Ladekøen er kort, og tomgangsgebyret er lavt

Each clause follows normal subject + verb + complement order.

In modern Norwegian, a comma before og is often used when it joins two full clauses, as it does here:

• Ladekøen er kort
• tomgangsgebyret er lavt

Each part has its own subject and verb, so the comma is natural and standard.

You may sometimes see variation depending on style, but this sentence is punctuated in a very normal way.

Yes. Those are the most literal translations:

• kort = short
• lavt = low

But in natural English, you might choose words based on context:

• The charging queue is short
• The charging queue is small
• There isn’t much of a queue

And:

• The idle fee is low
• The idle fee is small
• The idle fee isn’t very high

So the Norwegian words are straightforward, but English may phrase them in different ways.

A rough learner-friendly guide would be:

• ladekøen ≈ LAH-deh-kur-en
• tomgangsgebyret ≈ TOM-gahngs-geh-BY-rut

A few important notes:

• ø does not exist in English; it is somewhat similar to the vowel in French deux or German schön
• y in gebyr is also a special Norwegian vowel, not like English y
• stress in gebyret falls on by

The exact pronunciation depends a bit on dialect, but those are useful approximations.

No. It should be et tomgangsgebyr because gebyr is a neuter noun.

So:

• et tomgangsgebyr
• tomgangsgebyret

By contrast:

• en ladekø
• ladekøen

Learning the gender of each noun is important because it affects both the article and adjective agreement.

Yes, depending on style.

This version is fairly concise and informational, the kind of language you might see in an app, on a website, or in a service description.

More conversational alternatives might include:

• Det er kort ladekø, og tomgangsgebyret er lavt.
• Det er lite kø, og tomgangsgebyret er lavt.

But the original sentence is perfectly natural, especially in written informational Norwegian.