Krigeren er sterk.

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

• kriger = warrior
• krigeren = the warrior

So the ending -en here works like the in English.

This is very common in Norwegian:

• bil = car
• bilen = the car
• hund = dog
• hunden = the dog

The base form is kriger, which means warrior.

You can think of it like this:

• en kriger = a warrior
• krigeren = the warrior

So krigeren is the definite singular form of kriger.

Er is the present tense of the verb å være, which means to be.

So:

• er = is / am / are, depending on the subject

Examples:

• Jeg er sterk = I am strong
• Du er sterk = You are strong
• Krigeren er sterk = The warrior is strong

Unlike English, Norwegian uses the same present-tense form er for all persons.

Here, sterk is used after the verb er, so it is a predicative adjective. In that position, Norwegian often uses the basic form for a singular common-gender noun.

So:

• Krigeren er sterk = The warrior is strong

Compare that with an adjective placed directly before a noun:

• en sterk kriger = a strong warrior
• den sterke krigeren = the strong warrior

So the form changes depending on how the adjective is used:

• after er: often sterk
• before a definite noun: sterke

In Bokmål, kriger is normally a common gender noun, so you usually learn it with en:

• en kriger
• krigeren

Older grammar talks about masculine and feminine, but in modern Bokmål it is usually enough to think in terms of:

• common gender
• neuter

Since kriger refers to a person, learners often think of it as masculine, but grammatically the important thing is that it takes en in the indefinite singular.

Yes. This is the normal word order for a simple statement:

• Krigeren = subject
• er = verb
• sterk = adjective

So it follows the usual pattern:

subject + verb + complement

This is very similar to English:

• Warrior is strong would be incorrect in English because English needs the
• The warrior is strong matches the Norwegian structure very closely

You would say:

• En kriger er sterk.

Compare:

• en kriger = a warrior
• krigeren = the warrior

So the difference is:

• En kriger er sterk = A warrior is strong
• Krigeren er sterk = The warrior is strong

A rough English-friendly guide is:

• krigeren ≈ KREE-gehr-en
• sterk ≈ sterk

A few notes:

• The r in Norwegian is usually more clearly pronounced than in many English accents.
• The g in krigeren is pronounced.
• The e sounds are shorter and clearer than typical English unstressed vowels.

If you want to sound natural, it is best to listen to native audio, because Norwegian vowel quality and pitch can be hard to guess from spelling alone.

Because this sentence is not describing the noun directly with an adjective before it. Instead, it is making a statement about the warrior.

Compare these two patterns:

• Krigeren er sterk = The warrior is strong
• den sterke krigeren = the strong warrior

The first is a full sentence. The second is a noun phrase.

So:

• er sterk tells you something about the warrior
• sterke krigeren describes which warrior you mean

No, not in a normal complete sentence. Norwegian usually needs the verb er here, just like English needs is.

So:

• Krigeren er sterk = correct
• Krigeren sterk = not a normal complete sentence

You need the verb to connect the subject and the description.

Yes. In many cases, predicative adjectives take -e in the plural.

For example:

• Krigeren er sterk = The warrior is strong
• Krigerne er sterke = The warriors are strong

So:

• singular: sterk
• plural: sterke

This is a very useful pattern to learn early.