Underinstansen sender saksdokumentene til klageinstansen.

The first-instance administrative body sends the case documents to the appeal body.

Breakdown of Underinstansen sender saksdokumentene til klageinstansen.

• til: to
• sende: to send
• klageinstansen: the appeal body
• underinstansen: the first-instance administrative body

Questions & Answers about Underinstansen sender saksdokumentene til klageinstansen.

Why do underinstansen and klageinstansen both end in -en?

Because both are definite singular nouns.

The base noun is instans (an authority/body/instance), which is usually an en-word in Bokmål:

• en instans = an authority / an instance
• instansen = the authority / the instance

So:

• underinstansen = the lower instance / the lower authority
• klageinstansen = the appeals instance / the body that handles complaints or appeals

In Norwegian, definiteness is often added as an ending, not as a separate word like English the.

What does saksdokumentene mean grammatically, and why does it end in -ene?

Saksdokumentene is a definite plural noun.

The head noun is dokument:

• et dokument = a document
• dokumenter = documents
• dokumentene = the documents

In this sentence, the full compound is saksdokument:

• et saksdokument = a case document
• saksdokumenter = case documents
• saksdokumentene = the case documents

So -ene here marks definite plural: the ... documents.

Again, Norwegian usually does this with an ending rather than a separate article.