Bostedsadressen er riktig.

Bostedsadressen means the residential address or the home address.

It is made from:

• bosted = place of residence
• adresse = address

So the full noun bostedsadresse means residential address. In this sentence, bostedsadressen is the definite form: the residential address.

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as one word.

So:

• bosted + adresse → bostedsadresse

This is very normal in Norwegian. English often writes similar ideas as two words, but Norwegian usually combines them:

• home address → bostedsadresse
• school bus → skolebuss
• coffee cup → kaffekopp

So bostedsadressen is not unusually long by Norwegian standards.

That s is a linking s used in many Norwegian compounds.

So the word is built like this:

• bosted
• adresse
• together: bostedsadresse

The s helps connect the two parts. It does not mean possession in the same way as English 's.

You will see this in many other compounds too, for example:

• arbeidsdag = workday
• livsglede = joy of life
• bostedsadresse = residential address

Unfortunately, there is not always a simple rule for when the linking s appears, so it is often something learners pick up word by word.

Because Norwegian often shows definiteness by adding an ending to the noun.

Here:

• en bostedsadresse = a residential address
• bostedsadressen = the residential address

The ending -en works like the here.

This is very common in Norwegian:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car

So bostedsadressen already includes the idea of the, and that is why there is no separate article before it.

The dictionary form is en bostedsadresse.

In the sentence, you see the definite singular form:

• en bostedsadresse = a residential address
• bostedsadressen = the residential address

Breaking it down:

• adresse is a common gender noun
• common gender nouns usually take -en in the definite singular

So:

• adresse → adressen
• bostedsadresse → bostedsadressen

Er means is.

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

So:

• jeg er = I am
• du er = you are
• han/hun er = he/she is
• adressen er riktig = the address is correct

In this sentence, er connects the subject bostedsadressen with the description riktig.

Here, riktig is a predicative adjective, meaning it comes after er and describes the noun.

In Bostedsadressen er riktig, riktig means correct.

It is not riktige because:

• singular predicative adjectives often use the basic form
• riktige is typically used for plural or for certain definite/attributive uses before a noun

Compare:

• Adressen er riktig. = The address is correct.
• De riktige adressene = The correct addresses.

A useful extra note: adjectives ending in -ig often have the same form in common gender and neuter singular, so riktig stays riktig in many situations.

Yes. This is a completely normal Norwegian statement.

The structure is:

• Bostedsadressen = subject
• er = verb
• riktig = complement/adjective

So it follows the basic pattern:

subject + verb + description

This is the same kind of structure as:

• Bilen er ny. = The car is new.
• Huset er stort. = The house is big.
• Adressen er riktig. = The address is correct.

Yes, bostedsadressen sounds a bit more official or administrative than everyday speech.

You are especially likely to see it in:

• forms
• government letters
• registration systems
• banking or official customer information

In everyday conversation, people might more simply say:

• Adressen er riktig. = The address is correct.

But bostedsadressen is useful when you need to be specific, especially if you want to distinguish it from something like:

• postadresse = mailing address

So the sentence is perfectly natural, but it has a slightly formal, bureaucratic feel.

Yes, absolutely.

Adressen er riktig is more common in everyday language if the context already makes it clear which address you mean.

Use Bostedsadressen er riktig when you want to be more precise, for example if there are several kinds of addresses involved:

• residential address
• postal address
• billing address

So:

• Adressen er riktig. = more neutral/everyday
• Bostedsadressen er riktig. = more specific and more official-sounding