Breakdown of Dødsboet har en arving.
ha
to have
en
a
dødsboet
the deceased person's estate
arvingen
the heir
Questions & Answers about Dødsboet har en arving.
What does dødsboet mean, and how is it built up?
Dødsboet is the definite form of dødsbo, which means estate of a deceased person or probate estate.
It is a compound noun:
- død = death
- bo = estate, property holding, household
In compounds, død becomes døds-, so dødsbo literally means something like death-estate.
The -et at the end makes it definite, so:
- et dødsbo = an estate
- dødsboet = the estate
Why is there no separate word for the in dødsboet?
In Norwegian, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word before it.
So:
- et dødsbo = an estate
- dødsboet = the estate
This is very common in Norwegian:
- en bil = a car
- bilen = the car
So dødsboet already includes the meaning of the estate.
Why is it en arving and not arvingen?