Sikkerhetshendelsen skjedde i går.

yesterday

Breakdown of Sikkerhetshendelsen skjedde i går.

• skje: to happen
• sikkerhetshendelsen: the security incident

Questions & Answers about Sikkerhetshendelsen skjedde i går.

Why is sikkerhetshendelsen written as one long word?

Because Norwegian, like German, often makes compound nouns by joining words together.

Here:

• sikkerhet = security
• hendelse = incident / event

So sikkerhetshendelse means security incident.

Then the definite ending is added:

• sikkerhetshendelse = a security incident
• sikkerhetshendelsen = the security incident

This is very normal in Norwegian.

What does the ending -en in sikkerhetshendelsen mean?

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun.

So:

• en sikkerhetshendelse = a security incident
• sikkerhetshendelsen = the security incident

Unlike English, Norwegian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

Why isn’t there a separate word for the?

In Norwegian, definiteness is usually built into the noun itself.

English:

• the incident

Norwegian:

• hendelsen

So in this sentence, sikkerhetshendelsen already includes the idea of the. You do not need a separate article before it.

What form is skjedde?