Tigeren er stor.

Tigeren means the tiger, while tiger means a tiger or tiger in a general dictionary sense.

Norwegian often adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of putting a separate word like the in front.

• en tiger = a tiger
• tigeren = the tiger

Here, -en is the definite ending for a masculine noun.

In tigeren, the ending -en marks the noun as definite singular: the tiger.

For many masculine nouns in Norwegian Bokmål:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car
• en tiger = a tiger
• tigeren = the tiger

So -en is doing the job that the does in English.

Because in Norwegian, definiteness is often built into the noun itself.

English:

• the tiger

Norwegian:

• tigeren

This is one of the biggest structural differences from English. Instead of using a separate article before the noun, Norwegian usually attaches the definite marker to the noun.

Er is the present tense of the verb å være, which means to be.

So:

• jeg er = I am
• du er = you are
• han er = he is
• tigeren er = the tiger is

Unlike English, Norwegian does not change the present-tense form of the verb depending on the subject. It is simply er for all persons.

In this sentence, stor is a predicate adjective, meaning it comes after er and describes the subject.

In Norwegian, adjectives often stay in their base form after er when the noun is:

• singular
• common gender
• indefinite or definite in this kind of sentence

So:

• En tiger er stor.
• Tigeren er stor.

Both use stor.

Compare with other forms:

• et stort hus = a big house
• store tigre = big tigers

So adjective endings in Norwegian depend on gender, number, and form, but in this sentence stor is the correct form.

Yes. Stor can often mean both big and large, depending on context.

For example:

• et stort hus = a big house / a large house
• Tigeren er stor = The tiger is big / The tiger is large

English may choose big or large depending on style, but Norwegian uses stor very naturally in either case.

Yes, in this simple sentence it is very similar:

• Tigeren = subject
• er = verb
• stor = adjective/complement

So the structure is:

Subject + verb + adjective

That matches English:

• The tiger is big.

However, Norwegian word order can change in some sentence types, especially when another element comes first. But in a basic statement like this, it looks very familiar to an English speaker.

You would say:

En tiger er stor.

Compare:

• En tiger = a tiger
• Tigeren = the tiger

So the only change is whether the noun is indefinite or definite.

Yes, tiger is normally treated as a masculine noun in Bokmål:

• en tiger
• tigeren

In Bokmål, many nouns belong to the common gender pattern in everyday use, and masculine forms are very common. For a learner, en tiger / tigeren is the standard pair to remember.

A simple learner-friendly approximation is:

TEE-ge-ren

But a few notes help:

• The g is pronounced.
• The r sound in Norwegian may sound different from English, depending on the speaker’s dialect.
• The final -en is usually lightly pronounced, not strongly stressed.

The stress is mainly on the first syllable: TI-geren.

A rough approximation is:

stoor

The vowel is longer than in English store without the final e sound. Also, the Norwegian r may sound different from an English r, depending on dialect.

For a beginner, it is enough to remember that it is one syllable and sounds something like stoor.

Yes, that sentence is already correct: Tigeren er stor.

If you are asking whether anything else needs to agree with the noun because it is definite, the answer here is no. The noun becomes definite with -en, and the rest of the sentence stays the same:

• En tiger er stor.
• Tigeren er stor.

Only the noun form changes.

Because Norwegian capitalization rules are similar to English for ordinary sentences:

• Capitalize the first word of the sentence.
• Do not capitalize ordinary nouns.

So:

• Tigeren er stor. ✅
• Tigeren er Stor. ❌

Unlike German, Norwegian does not capitalize all nouns.