Reisegarantien beskriver passasjerrettighetene.

Norwegian very often makes compound nouns, just like English can do in words such as travel insurance, school bus, or passport control.

Reisegarantien is built from:

• reise = travel
• garanti = guarantee
• reisegaranti = travel guarantee
• reisegarantien = the travel guarantee

So instead of writing two separate words, Norwegian normally joins them into one noun.

The ending -en marks the noun as definite singular for many masculine nouns.

So:

• en reisegaranti = a travel guarantee
• reisegarantien = the travel guarantee

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word in front, as English does with the.

Because Norwegian often puts the definite article onto the noun itself.

Compare:

• English: the travel guarantee
• Norwegian: reisegarantien

This is one of the biggest differences from English.
So -en here is doing the job that the does in English.

Beskriver is the present tense of the verb å beskrive = to describe.

Examples:

• å beskrive = to describe
• beskriver = describe / describes
• beskrev = described
• har beskrevet = have/has described

In Norwegian, the present tense verb does not change depending on the subject:

• jeg beskriver = I describe
• du beskriver = you describe
• han beskriver = he describes
• de beskriver = they describe

So unlike English, there is no special -s form for he/she/it only.

This is the normal Norwegian word order for a basic statement:

Subject + verb + object

Here:

• Reisegarantien = subject
• beskriver = verb
• passasjerrettighetene = object

So it works very much like English:

• The travel guarantee describes the passenger rights

This sentence is straightforward and uses standard main-clause word order.

This is another compound noun.

It is made from:

• passasjer = passenger
• rettighet = right
• passasjerrettighet = passenger right
• passasjerrettigheter = passenger rights
• passasjerrettighetene = the passenger rights

So the full word means something like the rights of passengers or the passenger rights.

The ending -ene usually marks a noun as definite plural.

Here is the pattern:

• en rettighet = a right
• rettigheter = rights
• rettighetene = the rights

So:

• passasjerrettigheter = passenger rights
• passasjerrettighetene = the passenger rights

This means the sentence is talking about specific passenger rights, not just passenger rights in general.

Rettighet is often treated as a feminine noun, but in Bokmål many feminine nouns can also be used as masculine.

So you may see:

• ei rettighet / rettigheta
• or
• en rettighet / rettigheten

In this sentence, the plural definite form rettighetene works regardless, so you do not need to worry much about gender here.

Yes, but that would mean something slightly different.

• passasjerrettighetene = the passenger rights
• de passasjerrettighetene = those/the passenger rights

Adding de before a definite plural noun usually gives extra emphasis or points to a more specific set. This is called double definiteness when an adjective is involved, and related structures also appear without adjectives in some contexts.

In your sentence, passasjerrettighetene by itself is the most natural basic version.

The main stress is usually on the first part of the compound:

• REI-se-ga-ran-ti-en

And in passasjerrettighetene, the stress usually falls early as well, though the whole word is long because it is a compound plus endings.

A useful tip for Norwegian compounds:

• the main stress often comes near the beginning of the compound
• the endings such as -en and -ene are usually less stressed

You do not need perfect pronunciation immediately, but it helps to recognize that these long words are often just smaller familiar pieces joined together.