Fullmektigen bruker formuesfullmakten.

The authorized representative uses the authorization to inspect the estate's assets.

Breakdown of Fullmektigen bruker formuesfullmakten.

• bruke: to use
• formuesfullmakten: the authorization to inspect the estate's assets
• fullmektigen: the authorized representative

Questions & Answers about Fullmektigen bruker formuesfullmakten.

What does fullmektigen mean, and what is the dictionary form?

The dictionary form is fullmektig. The form fullmektigen is the definite singular form, so it means the fullmektig.

In legal or official language, fullmektig is a person who acts on someone else’s behalf. Depending on context, English equivalents might be agent, representative, proxy, or attorney-in-fact.

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Why do both nouns end in -en instead of having a separate word for the?

Because Norwegian usually marks definiteness by adding it to the end of the noun.

• fullmektig → fullmektigen
• formuesfullmakt → formuesfullmakten

So where English says the before the noun, Norwegian often uses a suffix instead.

This is one of the biggest differences from English:

• English: the representative
• Norwegian: representative-the

In this sentence, both nouns are definite because both refer to specific things already known in the context.

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What tense is bruker, and what is the infinitive?

Bruker is the present tense of the infinitive bruke.

• å bruke = to use
• bruker = uses / is using

In Norwegian, the present tense can often cover both English uses and is using, depending on context.

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