Skadebegrensningen virker.

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Breakdown of Skadebegrensningen virker.

• skadebegrensningen: the harm mitigation

Questions & Answers about Skadebegrensningen virker.

What does skadebegrensningen break down into?

It is made up of:

• skade = damage / harm
• begrensning = limitation / containment
• -en = the definite ending, meaning the

So skadebegrensningen literally means something like the damage limitation or the damage control.

In natural English, the best translation depends on context. It could refer to:

• the damage control
• the effort to limit the damage
• the harm-reduction measure

Why is the attached to the end of skadebegrensning instead of being a separate word?

In Norwegian, the definite article is often added as a suffix to the noun.

So:

• en skadebegrensning = a damage limitation / a damage-control measure
• skadebegrensningen = the damage limitation / the damage control

This is very common in Norwegian:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car

So -en on skadebegrensningen is just the normal way of saying the with a masculine or feminine noun in many contexts.

Is skadebegrensning one word because Norwegian likes compounds?