Breakdown of Hevingen fører til tilbakebetalingen.
Questions & Answers about Hevingen fører til tilbakebetalingen.
Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article on the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.
So:
- heving → hevingen
- tilbakebetaling → tilbakebetalingen
That -en ending is functioning like the in English.
The basic forms are:
- heving
- tilbakebetaling
These are nouns. In this sentence they appear in the definite singular form:
- heving → hevingen
- tilbakebetaling → tilbakebetalingen
Both are examples of nouns made from verbs, which is very common in Norwegian.
Yes.
- heving comes from heve
- tilbakebetaling comes from tilbakebetale
This is similar to English patterns like to pay back → repayment, or to cancel/rescind → cancellation/rescission.
Norwegian often uses -ing to make action nouns, so English speakers will see this pattern a lot.