Volumkontrollen virker.

The volume control works.

Breakdown of Volumkontrollen virker.

• virke: to work
• volumkontrollen: the volume control

Questions & Answers about Volumkontrollen virker.

Why is volumkontrollen written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

So volumkontrollen is made up of:

• volum = volume
• kontroll = control
• -en = the definite ending

So literally, it is the volume control.

This is very normal in Norwegian. English often uses two words where Norwegian uses one compound word.

Why does the word end in -en?

The ending -en marks the noun as definite singular, so it means the volume control, not just a volume control.

The basic form is:

• en volumkontroll = a volume control

The definite form is:

• volumkontrollen = the volume control

This happens because volumkontroll is a common gender noun in Norwegian.

What is the dictionary form of volumkontrollen?

The dictionary form is volumkontroll.

If you look it up, you would usually find it as:

• en volumkontroll

Then the forms are:

• en volumkontroll = a volume control
• volumkontrollen = the volume control
• volumkontroller = volume controls
• volumkontrollene = the volume controls

What does virker mean here?