Reiseformålet står i reiseregningen.

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Breakdown of Reiseformålet står i reiseregningen.

• stå: to say (in writing)
• reiseregningen: the travel expense claim
• reiseformålet: the purpose of the trip

Questions & Answers about Reiseformålet står i reiseregningen.

Why are reiseformålet and reiseregningen written as one word each?

Because Norwegian very often forms compound nouns as single words.

• reise + formål = reiseformål
• reise + regning = reiseregning

In these compounds, the last part is the main noun, and the first part describes it.

So:

• reiseformål = trip/travel purpose
• reiseregning = travel expense report / travel claim

This is much more normal in Norwegian than writing them as separate words.

Why does reiseformålet end in -et?

The ending -et is the definite singular ending for a neuter noun.

The main noun here is formål, and formål is neuter:

• et formål = a purpose
• formålet = the purpose

Since the compound takes its gender from the last element, you get:

• et reiseformål = a travel purpose
• reiseformålet = the travel purpose / the purpose of the trip

So -et here is basically the Norwegian way of saying the.

Why does reiseregningen end in -en instead of -et?