Banereservasjonen gjelder bowlinghallen.

The lane reservation applies to the bowling hall.

Breakdown of Banereservasjonen gjelder bowlinghallen.

• gjelde: to apply
• bowlinghallen: the bowling hall
• banereservasjonen: the lane reservation

Questions & Answers about Banereservasjonen gjelder bowlinghallen.

What is banereservasjonen made up of?

It is a compound noun:

• bane = lane, court, track, field, etc. depending on context
• reservasjon = reservation
• -en = the definite singular ending for a masculine noun

So banereservasjonen literally means the lane reservation or the court reservation, depending on what kind of bane is meant in context.

Why is there no separate word for the?

In Norwegian, the is often attached to the end of the noun instead of standing as a separate word.

Here you can see that in both nouns:

• reservasjonen = the reservation
• bowlinghallen = the bowling hall

This is one of the biggest differences from English. English says the reservation, but Norwegian often says reservasjon-en.

Why is bowlinghallen written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• bowlinghall = bowling hall
• bowlinghallen = the bowling hall

English often separates words where Norwegian joins them. This is very common in Norwegian, so learners need to get used to reading long compound nouns as one unit.

What does gjelder mean here?