Serviceettersynet begynner nå.

The service inspection begins now.

Breakdown of Serviceettersynet begynner nå.

• nå: now
• begynne: to begin
• serviceettersynet: the service inspection

Questions & Answers about Serviceettersynet begynner nå.

Why is serviceettersynet written as one long word?

Because Norwegian normally writes compound nouns as a single word.
Here, serviceettersynet is made up of:

• service
• ettersyn = inspection / check
• -et = the definite ending for a neuter noun

So instead of writing separate words, Norwegian combines them into one compound noun.

What does the ending -et in serviceettersynet do?

The ending -et makes the noun definite: the.

The base noun is et ettersyn = an inspection / a check.
The definite form is ettersynet = the inspection / the check.

Since serviceettersynet is a compound built on ettersyn, the whole word takes that definite ending:

• et serviceettersyn = a service inspection
• serviceettersynet = the service inspection

Why is there no separate word for the?

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word before it.

So English:

• the service inspection

becomes Norwegian:

• serviceettersynet

This is very common in Norwegian:

• en bil = a car

• bilen = the car

• et hus = a house
• huset = the house