Pakkeposen har gnagsårplasteret.

The stuff sack has the blister plaster.

Breakdown of Pakkeposen har gnagsårplasteret.

• ha: to have
• gnagsårplasteret: the blister plaster
• pakkeposen: the stuff sack

Questions & Answers about Pakkeposen har gnagsårplasteret.

Why are pakkeposen and gnagsårplasteret written with endings instead of using a separate word for the?

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun.

• en pose = a bag

• posen = the bag

• et plaster = a plaster / bandage
• plasteret = the plaster / bandage

So:

• pakkeposen = the package bag / packing bag
• gnagsårplasteret = the blister plaster

This is one of the biggest differences from English. English usually puts the before the noun, but Norwegian often adds the definiteness directly to the noun.

Why does one word end in -en and the other in -et?

Those endings show the noun’s grammatical gender.

Norwegian nouns commonly have:

• common gender: en
• neuter gender: et

So:

• en pose → posen
• et plaster → plasteret

That means:

• pakkepose behaves like a common-gender noun, so it becomes pakkeposen
• gnagsårplaster behaves like a neuter noun, so it becomes gnagsårplasteret

A useful thing to remember is that in compound nouns, the last part usually determines the gender.

• pakkepose ends with pose, so it acts like en pose
• gnagsårplaster ends with plaster, so it acts like et plaster