Husnummeret står i gateadressen.

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Breakdown of Husnummeret står i gateadressen.

• stå: to say (in writing)
• gateadressen: the street address
• husnummeret: the house number

Questions & Answers about Husnummeret står i gateadressen.

What does husnummeret mean, and how is it built?

Husnummeret means the house number.

It is built like this:

• hus = house
• nummer = number
• husnummer = house number
• husnummeret = the house number

In Norwegian, compound nouns are very common, so husnummer is one word.

Why is there no separate word for the?

Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.

So:

• husnummer = house number
• husnummeret = the house number
• gateadresse = street address
• gateadressen = the street address

This is one of the biggest differences from English.

Why does one noun end in -et and the other in -en?

Those endings show different grammatical genders.

• husnummeret ends in -et because husnummer is a neuter noun.
• gateadressen ends in -en because gateadresse is a masculine/feminine noun in Bokmål.

A useful rule: in a compound noun, the last part decides the gender.

So:

• nummer is neuter → husnummeret
• adresse is not neuter → gateadressen