Togforsinkelsen endrer ankomsttiden.

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Breakdown of Togforsinkelsen endrer ankomsttiden.

• togforsinkelsen: the train delay
• ankomsttiden: the arrival time

Questions & Answers about Togforsinkelsen endrer ankomsttiden.

Why is togforsinkelsen one long word?

Because Norwegian very often makes compound nouns by joining words together.

togforsinkelsen = tog + forsinkelse + -n

• tog = train
• forsinkelse = delay
• forsinkelsen = the delay

So togforsinkelsen means the train delay or more literally the-train-delay.

This is very normal in Norwegian. English often writes similar ideas as separate words, but Norwegian usually combines them into one noun.

What does the -en at the end of togforsinkelsen mean?

The -en is the definite ending for many masculine nouns in Norwegian. It works like the in English.

For example:

• en forsinkelse = a delay
• forsinkelsen = the delay

In the compound togforsinkelsen, the definite ending goes on the last part of the compound, not on the first part.

So:

• togforsinkelse = train delay
• togforsinkelsen = the train delay

Why does ankomsttiden also have a definite ending?