Flyttelasset fyller flyttebilen.

The load of possessions fills the moving van.

Breakdown of Flyttelasset fyller flyttebilen.

• fylle: to fill
• flyttebilen: the moving van
• flyttelasset: the load of possessions

Questions & Answers about Flyttelasset fyller flyttebilen.

Why do both nouns end in -et or -en?

Those are the definite endings in Norwegian.

• flyttelasset = the moving load
• flyttebilen = the moving truck/van

Unlike English, Norwegian often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

Here, the base nouns are:

• et lass → lasset = the load
• en bil → bilen = the car/truck/vehicle

Because these are compounds, the endings go on the last part of the compound:

• flyttelass → flyttelasset
• flyttebil → flyttebilen

Why is it flyttelasset but flyttebilen? Why different endings?

Because the two nouns have different grammatical genders.

• lass is neuter: et lass → lasset
• bil is common gender: en bil → bilen

In Norwegian compounds, the last element decides the gender of the whole word.

So:

• flyttelass behaves like lass
• flyttebil behaves like bil

That is why one becomes flyttelasset and the other becomes flyttebilen.

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