Serviceavtalen er klar.

The service agreement is ready.

Breakdown of Serviceavtalen er klar.

• være: to be
• klar: ready
• serviceavtalen: the service agreement

Questions & Answers about Serviceavtalen er klar.

Why is serviceavtale written as one word?

Because Norwegian normally writes compound nouns as one word.

So serviceavtale is a compound made from:

• service
• avtale

This is very common in Norwegian. Where English might sometimes use two words, Norwegian often prefers one compound word.

Examples:

• serviceavtale
• bilverksted
• hjemmekontor

So writing service avtale would look wrong in standard Norwegian.

What does the -en at the end of serviceavtalen mean?

The ending -en marks the noun as definite singular, so it corresponds to the in English.

• en serviceavtale = a service agreement
• serviceavtalen = the service agreement

Norwegian often adds definiteness to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

Why is there no separate word for the before serviceavtalen?