Kantarellen og steinsoppen vises i soppboken.

The chanterelle and the porcini mushroom are shown in the mushroom guidebook.

Breakdown of Kantarellen og steinsoppen vises i soppboken.

• i: in
• og: and
• vise: to show
• kantarellen: the chanterelle

Questions & Answers about Kantarellen og steinsoppen vises i soppboken.

Why do kantarellen and steinsoppen end in -en?

Because -en is the usual definite ending for many singular nouns in Bokmål. Instead of putting a separate word like the in front, Norwegian often adds the definiteness to the end of the noun.

• kantarell = chanterelle

• kantarellen = the chanterelle

• steinsopp = porcini / cep
• steinsoppen = the porcini

So the sentence is talking about specific mushrooms, not mushrooms in general.

Are kantarellen and steinsoppen singular or plural?

They are both singular definite forms.

That can be confusing for English speakers because there are two items joined by og (and), so the whole subject is plural in meaning, but each noun itself is singular:

• kantarellen = the chanterelle
• steinsoppen = the porcini

Together: the chanterelle and the porcini.

Why isn’t there a separate word for the before the nouns?

In Norwegian, definiteness is usually marked by a suffix on the noun rather than a separate article before it.

So English:

• the mushroom

Norwegian:

• soppen

This is one of the biggest structural differences from English. In this sentence, both noun phrases are definite because the -en ending already includes the idea of the.