Klageinstansen mottar oversendelsen fra underinstansen.

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Breakdown of Klageinstansen mottar oversendelsen fra underinstansen.

• motta: to receive
• klageinstansen: the appeal body
• underinstansen: the first-instance administrative body

Questions & Answers about Klageinstansen mottar oversendelsen fra underinstansen.

Why are klageinstansen and underinstansen written as one word?

Because Norwegian normally writes noun compounds as a single word.

• klage + instans → klageinstans
• under + instans → underinstans

This is very common in Norwegian. English often uses separate words where Norwegian prefers one compound.

Also, the last part usually determines the noun’s basic grammatical behavior. Here the head is instans, so the whole compound behaves like instans.

So:

• en instans = an instance/body/authority
• klageinstans = appeals body / complaint authority
• underinstans = lower body / lower authority / first-instance body

What does the ending -en mean in klageinstansen, oversendelsen, and underinstansen?

The ending -en marks the definite singular form, roughly like English the.

So:

• en klageinstans = an appeals body

• klageinstansen = the appeals body

• en oversendelse = a forwarding / transmittal

• oversendelsen = the forwarding / transmittal

• en underinstans = a lower instance/body
• underinstansen = the lower instance/body

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

Why is it mottar and not motta?