Hun leser om religionen.

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Breakdown of Hun leser om religionen.

• om: about
• lese: to read
• religionen: the religion

Questions & Answers about Hun leser om religionen.

Why is it leser and not lese?

Lese is the infinitive, meaning to read.
Leser is the present tense, meaning reads / is reading.

A very common pattern in Norwegian is:

• infinitive: å lese
• present tense: leser

So:

• Hun leser = She reads / She is reading

What does om mean here?

Here, om means about.

So leser om means reads about.

That is important, because:

• Hun leser om religionen = she is reading about the religion
• without om, the meaning would change completely

Also, om can mean other things in other contexts, such as if or around, so learners often need to rely on context.

Why does religionen end in -en?

The ending -en is the definite singular ending for many common gender nouns in Norwegian.

So:

• en religion = a religion
• religionen = the religion

Norwegian often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English does.

What gender is religion?