Kastreringen gjelder også innekatten.

The neutering also applies to the indoor cat.

Breakdown of Kastreringen gjelder også innekatten.

• også: also
• gjelde: to apply
• kastreringen: the neutering
• innekatten: the indoor cat

Questions & Answers about Kastreringen gjelder også innekatten.

Why is there no separate word for the in this sentence?

Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.

So here:

• kastrering = castration / neutering
• kastreringen = the castration / the neutering
• innekatt = indoor cat
• innekatten = the indoor cat

This is one of the biggest differences from English noun structure.

Why do both kastreringen and innekatten end in -en?

Both nouns are:

• singular
• definite
• common gender

For many common-gender nouns in Norwegian, the definite singular ending is -en.

Examples:

• en katt → katten
• en bil → bilen
• en kastrering → kastreringen

So the -en ending is doing the same job on both nouns: marking the.

What does gjelder mean here?

Gjelder is the present tense of å gjelde.

In this kind of sentence, å gjelde usually means:

• to apply to
• to concern
• to be valid for

So gjelder is the verb that connects the subject to what it applies to or concerns.