Jeg misliker støyen.

Misliker is the present-tense form of å mislike, which means to dislike.

It is correct and natural, but in everyday Norwegian many speakers would more often say ikke like, as in Jeg liker ikke støyen. So misliker can sound a little more formal, deliberate, or written than the simpler negative version.

The -en is the definite ending, so støyen means the noise.

In Norwegian, the definite article is often attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word before it.

• støy = noise
• støyen = the noise

Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

So instead of using a separate word like English the, Norwegian often does this:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car

The same pattern appears here:

• støy = noise
• støyen = the noise

Støy is a masculine/common-gender noun in Bokmål, so its definite singular form is støyen.

For learners, the important pattern is:

• indefinite: støy
• definite singular: støyen

Because støy is often used as an uncountable noun, you may often see it without an article when speaking generally.

It is in the present tense.

So Jeg misliker støyen literally has the structure I dislike the noise.

In Norwegian, the present tense of many verbs ends in -er:

• liker = like / likes
• misliker = dislike / dislikes

This present tense can describe:

• something happening now
• a general opinion
• a habitual feeling

Yes, absolutely.

Both are correct:

• Jeg misliker støyen
• Jeg liker ikke støyen

The second version is often more common in everyday speech. The first one is a bit more compact and can sound slightly more formal or more emphatic.

This is the normal word order for a basic statement in Norwegian:

subject + verb + object

So here:

• Jeg = subject
• misliker = verb
• støyen = object

That makes the sentence structure very similar to English:

• I dislike the noise
• Jeg misliker støyen

Usually støyen suggests a specific or known noise: the noise.

If you mean noise in general, Norwegian often uses just støy:

• Jeg misliker støy = I dislike noise
• Jeg misliker støyen = I dislike the noise

So the definite form often points to a particular noise that the speaker and listener can identify from context.

Lyd means sound in a neutral sense, while støy means noise, usually unwanted or disturbing sound.

So:

• lyd = sound
• støy = noise

That means Jeg misliker støyen is stronger and more negative than a sentence with lyd. It is not just any sound; it is sound experienced as annoying or disruptive.

A rough learner-friendly approximation is STOY-en, but the vowel sound in øy does not match English exactly.

A few helpful points:

• støy has a diphthong spelled øy
• -en is the definite ending
• the stress is on the first syllable: STØY-en

Also, jeg is often pronounced roughly like yai in many standard-learning contexts, though real pronunciation varies a lot by dialect.