Langtidsmålingen har en lang måleperiode.

The long-term measurement has a long measurement period.

Breakdown of Langtidsmålingen har en lang måleperiode.

• ha: to have
• en: a
• lang: long
• måleperioden: the measurement period

Questions & Answers about Langtidsmålingen har en lang måleperiode.

Why is langtidsmålingen one long word?

Because Norwegian very often forms nouns by compounding them into a single word.

Here, langtidsmålingen can be broken down like this:

• langtids- = long-term
• måling = measurement
• -en = the definite ending

So langtidsmålingen means the long-term measurement.

This is very normal in Norwegian. Where English might write two or three words, Norwegian often prefers one compound word.

What does langtids- mean exactly?

Langtids- means long-term or over a long period of time.

It comes from the idea of lang tid = a long time, but in compounds Norwegian often uses a linking -s-, giving langtids-.

You see this pattern in other words too, such as:

• langtidsplan = long-term plan
• langtidslagring = long-term storage

So langtidsmåling is a measurement carried out over a long period.

Why does langtidsmålingen end in -en?

The ending -en marks the noun as definite: the.

So:

• en langtidsmåling = a long-term measurement
• langtidsmålingen = the long-term measurement

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word like English the.