Tiltaksgrensen er lavere enn grenseverdien.

to be

Breakdown of Tiltaksgrensen er lavere enn grenseverdien.

• enn: than
• lavere: lower
• tiltaksgrensen: the action level for radon

Questions & Answers about Tiltaksgrensen er lavere enn grenseverdien.

Why are tiltaksgrensen and grenseverdien written as single words?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as one word.

So:

• tiltak
  • grense → tiltaksgrense
• grense
  • verdi → grenseverdi

This is very normal in Norwegian. English often uses two words where Norwegian prefers one compound word.

What is the -s- doing in tiltaksgrense?

That -s- is a linking sound used in many Norwegian compounds. It does not mean possession here.

So tiltaksgrense is not the border of a measure in a possessive sense. It is just the standard compound form built from tiltak + grense.

You will see this in many other words too, such as:

• arbeid
  • plass → arbeidsplass
• liv
  • stil → livsstil

The linking -s- often just makes the compound sound more natural.

Why do the nouns end in -en and -ien?