Saksbehandlingstiden er den samme uavhengig av om kontaktadressen er ny.

The processing time is the same regardless of whether the contact address is new.

Breakdown of Saksbehandlingstiden er den samme uavhengig av om kontaktadressen er ny.

• være: to be
• ny: new
• samme: same
• den: that

Questions & Answers about Saksbehandlingstiden er den samme uavhengig av om kontaktadressen er ny.

What does saksbehandlingstiden mean, and how is that word built?

It is a compound noun made of:

• sak = case, matter
• behandling = processing, handling
• tid = time
• -en = the definite ending, so tiden = the time

So saksbehandlingstiden literally means something like the case-processing time, usually translated more naturally as the processing time or the case handling time.

The s after sak is a linking sound often found in Norwegian compounds. It does not have a separate meaning here.

Why is saksbehandlingstiden written as one long word?

Because Norwegian normally writes compound nouns as one word.

So where English often writes:

• case processing time
• contact address

Norwegian usually writes:

• saksbehandlingstid
• kontaktadresse

This is very important in Norwegian. Writing them as separate words often looks wrong or can even change the meaning.

Why does the sentence say er den samme instead of just er samme?