Passformen er god.

Passform means fit, especially how a piece of clothing, shoes, or something wearable fits on the body.

So passformen er god means the fit is good.

It is most commonly used when talking about things like:

• clothes
• shoes
• helmets
• gloves
• other items where shape and comfort matter

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun.

So:

• en passform = a fit
• passformen = the fit

Norwegian often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.

That is why passformen er god literally looks like fit-the is good, but in natural English it is the fit is good.

Passform is usually treated as a common gender noun in Bokmål, so you get:

• en passform
• passformen

This matters because adjectives used with it often match that gender.

In this sentence, the adjective is god, which is the form used with a singular common-gender noun in this kind of structure.

The adjective changes form depending on what it describes.

Here, passformen is:

• singular
• common gender

So the correct form is god.

Compare:

• Passformen er god. = The fit is good.
• Snittet er godt. = The cut is good.
  
  • because snittet is neuter
• Skoene er gode. = The shoes are good.
  
  • because skoene is plural

So god is used because it agrees with passformen.

Good question. In Norwegian, a predicate adjective after verbs like er usually agrees with:

• gender
• number

but not with definiteness in the same way adjectives before nouns do.

So:

• en god passform = a good fit
• den gode passformen = the good fit
• passformen er god = the fit is good

In passformen er god, god comes after er, so it is a predicate adjective, and god is correct.

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

So:

• er = is / are

In Passformen er god, it simply links the subject and the description:

• Passformen = the fit
• er = is
• god = good

So the structure is very similar to English: The fit is good.

Yes. This is the standard word order for a simple statement:

• Subject + verb + complement

So:

• Passformen = subject
• er = verb
• god = complement

This is exactly what you expect in a basic Norwegian sentence.

Yes, absolutely.

Both are natural, but there is a slight difference in feel:

• god often sounds a bit more specific or descriptive
• bra is very common and general, like good or fine

So both of these work:

• Passformen er god.
• Passformen er bra.

In everyday speech, many Norwegians would very naturally say bra.

Mostly, yes, but it can be used more broadly for anything where fit or shape-to-body match matters.

Typical examples:

• Denne jakken har god passform. = This jacket has a good fit.
• Skoene har dårlig passform. = The shoes have a poor fit.

It is especially common in product descriptions, reviews, and shopping contexts.

A simple learner-friendly approximation would be:

• PASS-for-men er goo

A few notes:

• passformen has the stress at the beginning: PASS-
• the r in er is light
• god in Norwegian sounds more like goo than English god

The exact pronunciation varies a little by dialect, but that approximation is good enough to start with.

Not necessarily. It works well by itself, especially in contexts like:

• clothing reviews
• online shopping
• trying something on in a store
• product descriptions

For example:

• Hvordan er jakka?
• Passformen er god.

So even though it is short, it sounds perfectly natural when the context is clear.

You put ikke after the verb:

• Passformen er ikke god. = The fit is not good.

Other useful variations:

• Passformen er veldig god. = The fit is very good.
• Passformen er ganske god. = The fit is quite good.
• Passformen er dårlig. = The fit is bad / poor.