Løsningen duger.

the solution

Breakdown of Løsningen duger.

• duge: to be good enough

Questions & Answers about Løsningen duger.

What does duger mean here?

Duger is the present tense of duge. In this sentence, it means something like:

• is good enough
• will do
• is acceptable
• works

So Løsningen duger means that the solution is acceptable or sufficient for the purpose.

What is the dictionary form of duger?

The dictionary form is duge.

A few forms are:

• å duge — to be good enough / to do
• duger — is good enough / does
• dugde — was good enough / did
• har dugd — has been good enough

So duger is just the present-tense form.

Why does løsningen end in -en?

Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

• løsning = solution
• løsningen = the solution

So the -en here means the.

That is why there is no separate word for the before the noun.