Godkjenningen av nattillegget kommer i morgen.

Godkjenning means approval or authorization.

The ending -en makes it definite, so:

• en godkjenning = an approval
• godkjenningen = the approval

So godkjenningen means the approval.

This is very common in Norwegian: instead of putting a separate word before the noun like English the, Norwegian often adds the definite ending directly to the noun.

Here av means of.

So:

• godkjenningen av nattillegget = the approval of the night supplement / night-shift allowance

This is a common way to connect nouns in Norwegian, especially in more formal or administrative language.

Compare:

• taket av huset = the roof of the house
• slutten av filmen = the end of the film

In everyday Norwegian, other structures are also common, but av is completely normal here.

Nattillegget is a compound noun:

• natt = night
• tillegg = addition, supplement, extra payment

So nattillegg usually means something like:

• night supplement
• night allowance
• extra pay for night work

The ending -et makes it definite:

• et nattillegg = a night supplement
• nattillegget = the night supplement

Norwegian uses compound words very often, and they are usually written as one word, not two.

Because the sentence is referring to a specific approval and a specific night supplement.

So:

• godkjenningen = the approval
• nattillegget = the night supplement

This is natural when both speaker and listener know which approval and which supplement are being talked about.

English and Norwegian do not always handle definiteness in exactly the same way, but in this sentence, definite forms on both nouns are very normal.

In Norwegian, the present tense is often used for the future when the time is clear from context.

So:

• kommer i morgen literally looks like comes tomorrow
• but it naturally means is coming tomorrow or will come tomorrow

This is very common.

Examples:

• Jeg reiser i morgen. = I’m leaving tomorrow.
• Hun kommer senere. = She’ll come later.

So kommer i morgen is perfectly normal Norwegian.

It can suggest several close ideas, depending on context:

• comes
• arrives
• is coming
• sometimes effectively will be issued or will be received

In this sentence, kommer probably means that the approval will arrive, will be issued, or will become available tomorrow.

So the exact English translation depends on the situation, but the Norwegian itself is natural.

It actually could, in some contexts, but godkjenningen av nattillegget is usually clearer and more natural here.

Norwegian can express of-relationships in more than one way:

1. godkjenningen av nattillegget
2. nattilleggets godkjenning

The second form uses the -s genitive, like English the night supplement’s approval. That structure is often less natural in cases like this, especially in official or abstract language.

So godkjenningen av nattillegget is the safer and more idiomatic choice.

Yes, you could, but it changes the feel.

• Godkjenningen av nattillegget kommer i morgen
  = The approval of the night supplement is coming tomorrow
  This sounds like a specific, known approval.

• Godkjenning av nattillegg kommer i morgen
  = Approval of a night supplement / approval of night supplement comes tomorrow
  This sounds more general or less specific, and in many contexts it may sound less natural if a specific case is meant.

So the original sentence is the better choice if the speaker means a particular approval.

Yes. Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as one word.

So:

• natt + tillegg → nattillegg

Writing it as two words would usually look wrong in Norwegian.

This is a very important difference from English, where similar expressions are often written as two words, like night shift, holiday pay, or overtime pay.

The structure is:

• Godkjenningen av nattillegget = subject
• kommer = verb
• i morgen = time expression

So the pattern is:

Subject + verb + time

That is the normal straightforward order in Norwegian.

Yes, absolutely.

That version fronts the time expression:

• I morgen kommer godkjenningen av nattillegget.

This means the same thing, but it puts more emphasis on tomorrow.

Notice what happens to word order: when i morgen comes first, the verb still stays in second position:

• I morgen
  • kommer
    • godkjenningen av nattillegget

This is the normal V2 word order in Norwegian.

Yes, this sentence is standard Bokmål.

A possible Nynorsk version might be:

• Godkjenninga av nattillegget kjem i morgon.

Main differences:

• godkjenningen → godkjenninga
• kommer → kjem
• morgen → morgon

So if you are learning Bokmål, the original sentence is the form to focus on.

A natural pronunciation would usually stress the main content words:

• godkjenningen
• nattillegget
• morgen

Very roughly:

Godkjenningen av nattillegget kommer i morgen.

In compounds, the main stress is often near the first part of the compound, so:

• NATT-tillegget

And in godkjenningen, the stress is typically on kjenn:

• god-KJENN-ing-en

The exact rhythm varies by dialect, but that will point you in the right direction.