Avviket får en utbedringsfrist.

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Breakdown of Avviket får en utbedringsfrist.

• få: to receive
• avviket: the regulatory non-compliance
• utbedringsfristen: the correction deadline

Questions & Answers about Avviket får en utbedringsfrist.

Why does avvik become avviket here?

Because avviket is the definite singular form: the deviation / the non-conformity.

For this noun:

• et avvik = a deviation / a non-conformity
• avviket = the deviation / the non-conformity

The ending -et shows both:

• the noun is neuter (et noun)
• it is definite singular

So Norwegian often adds definiteness to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.

Why is it en utbedringsfrist and not et utbedringsfrist?

Because utbedringsfrist is a common-gender noun, so it takes en.

The most important part of a Norwegian compound noun is the last element, and that last element decides the gender. Here the last part is frist:

• en frist = a deadline
• therefore en utbedringsfrist = a deadline for correction/remedy

So even though the first noun is utbedring, the gender comes from frist.

What does får mean in this sentence?