Billettkvitteringen dokumenterer reisen.

The ticket receipt documents the trip.

Breakdown of Billettkvitteringen dokumenterer reisen.

• reisen: the trip
• dokumentere: to document
• billettkvitteringen: the ticket receipt

Questions & Answers about Billettkvitteringen dokumenterer reisen.

Why is Billettkvitteringen written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

Here, Billettkvitteringen is built from:

• billett = ticket
• kvittering = receipt

So:

• billettkvittering = ticket receipt
• billettkvitteringen = the ticket receipt

English often uses separate words where Norwegian prefers one compound word.

What does the ending -en mean in Billettkvitteringen?

The ending -en marks the noun as definite singular, so it works like the in English.

Compare:

• billettkvittering = a ticket receipt / ticket receipt
• billettkvitteringen = the ticket receipt

In Norwegian, definiteness is often shown by adding an ending to the noun instead of using a separate word.

Why is there no separate word for the?

Because Norwegian often puts the onto the end of the noun.

So instead of a separate word like English the receipt, Norwegian often says:

• kvitteringen = the receipt
• reisen = the journey / the trip

This is very normal in Norwegian.
If there is an adjective, you often get a separate determiner as well, for example:

• den gyldige billettkvitteringen = the valid ticket receipt