Møtet var vellykket.

to be

Breakdown of Møtet var vellykket.

• møtet: the meeting
• vellykket: successful

Questions & Answers about Møtet var vellykket.

Why is it møtet and not just møte?

Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

• et møte = a meeting
• møtet = the meeting

So -et here is not a random ending; it marks the noun as definite.

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What gender is møte, and does that matter here?

Møte is a neuter noun in Bokmål.

That means its basic forms are:

• et møte = a meeting
• møtet = the meeting

Yes, it matters, because the indefinite article is et, not en, and the definite singular ending is also the neuter one.

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What does var mean here?

Var is the past tense of å være = to be.

So:

• er = is / am / are
• var = was / were

In this sentence, var shows that the statement is about the past.

Compare:

• Møtet er vellykket. = the meeting is successful
• Møtet var vellykket. = the meeting was successful

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