Bekreftelsen gjelder ettersendingen.

The confirmation concerns the mail forwarding.

Breakdown of Bekreftelsen gjelder ettersendingen.

• gjelde: to apply
• ettersendingen: the mail forwarding
• bekreftelsen: the confirmation

Questions & Answers about Bekreftelsen gjelder ettersendingen.

What do bekreftelsen and ettersendingen mean grammatically with the ending -en?

The ending -en is the definite singular ending for many masculine and feminine/common-gender nouns in Bokmål.

• en bekreftelse = a confirmation

• bekreftelsen = the confirmation

• en ettersending = a forwarding / a resending
• ettersendingen = the forwarding / the resending

So Norwegian often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English does.

Why is there no separate word for the in the sentence?

Because Norwegian usually expresses definiteness by adding it to the noun itself.

In English:

• the confirmation
• the forwarding

In Norwegian:

• bekreftelsen
• ettersendingen

That is one of the most important differences from English noun structure.

What does gjelder mean here?