Klageinstansen opphever eller stadfester enkeltvedtaket.

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Breakdown of Klageinstansen opphever eller stadfester enkeltvedtaket.

• enkeltvedtaket: the individual administrative decision
• klageinstansen: the appeal body
• oppheve: to annul a decision

Questions & Answers about Klageinstansen opphever eller stadfester enkeltvedtaket.

Why are klageinstansen and enkeltvedtaket written as single words?

Because Norwegian uses compound nouns very freely.

• klageinstansen = klage
  • instans
    • the definite ending -en
• enkeltvedtaket = enkelt
  • vedtak
    • the definite ending -et

This is much more common in Norwegian than in English. Where English often uses separate words, Norwegian often joins them into one noun.

So instead of something like appeal instance or single decision as separate units, Norwegian packs the idea into one compound word.

Why is there no separate word for the?

In Norwegian, the is often attached to the end of the noun as a suffix.

Here:

• instans → instansen = the instance/body
• vedtak → vedtaket = the decision

So klageinstansen already means the appeals body / the complaint authority, and enkeltvedtaket already means the individual decision.

This is one of the biggest structural differences from English.

Why do the verbs end in -er: opphever and stadfester?