Kravfristen står i proklamaet.

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Breakdown of Kravfristen står i proklamaet.

• stå: to say (in writing)
• proklamaet: the public notice to creditors
• kravfristen: the deadline for reporting a claim

Questions & Answers about Kravfristen står i proklamaet.

Why is kravfristen one long word?

Norwegian very often makes compound nouns by joining words together.

Here, kravfristen is built from:

• krav = claim, demand
• frist = deadline
• kravfrist = deadline for claims
• kravfristen = the deadline for claims

So where English often uses several words, Norwegian frequently packs them into one noun.

Why does kravfristen end in -en?

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun. In Norwegian, the is usually added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word.

So:

• en frist = a deadline
• fristen = the deadline

And with the compound:

• en kravfrist = a claims deadline
• kravfristen = the claims deadline

That is why there is no separate word for the before kravfristen.

Why is it proklamaet and not proklamaen?

Because proklama is a neuter noun in Norwegian: et proklama.

For many neuter nouns, the definite form takes -et:

• et hus → huset
• et proklama → proklamaet

So:

• et proklama = a proclamation / public notice
• proklamaet = the proclamation / the public notice