72-timersfristen er i morgen.

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Breakdown of 72-timersfristen er i morgen.

• i morgen: tomorrow
• 72-timersfristen: the 72-hour deadline

Questions & Answers about 72-timersfristen er i morgen.

What is 72-timersfristen made up of?

It is a compound noun:

• 72 = the number
• timers = hours / hour- in a linking form
• fristen = the deadline

So the structure is basically the 72-hour deadline.

Norwegian very often packs this kind of idea into one compound instead of using several separate words.

Why is 72-timersfristen written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as one word.

Compare:

• deadline for 72 hours style wording in English
• 72-timersfrist in Norwegian

When a number is written with digits, Norwegian often uses a hyphen before the rest of the compound for readability:

• 3-romsleilighet
• 24-timersåpent
• 72-timersfrist

So 72-timersfristen is the normal compound spelling.

Why is there an -s in timers?