Learn Hardcore Norwegian: Kvitteringskravet for reisemålet gjelder uavhengig av om parkeringsavgiften øker. - The receipt requirement for the travel destination applies regardless of whether the parking fee rises.

Breakdown of Kvitteringskravet for reisemålet gjelder uavhengig av om parkeringsavgiften øker.

Why are kvitteringskravet, reisemålet, and parkeringsavgiften written as single words?

Because Norwegian usually writes noun compounds as one word, where English often uses two or more.

This is very normal in Norwegian. A native English speaker may want to separate them, but in Norwegian that would usually be wrong.

What is the -s- doing in kvitteringskravet?

That -s- is a linking sound/letter used in some compounds. It does not have a separate meaning by itself here.

So:

This linking -s- is common in Norwegian compounds, but it is not added by a simple rule every time, so it often has to be learned word by word.

Why do these nouns end in -et or -en instead of using a separate word for the?