Soppkontrolløren undersøker soppfunnet under soppkontrollen.

during (an event)

Breakdown of Soppkontrolløren undersøker soppfunnet under soppkontrollen.

• undersøke: to investigate; examine
• soppkontrollen: the expert mushroom inspection
• soppkontrolløren: the mushroom inspector

Questions & Answers about Soppkontrolløren undersøker soppfunnet under soppkontrollen.

Why are there so many long words in this sentence?

Norwegian very often makes compound nouns, just like English does in words such as football, toothbrush, or school bus.

In this sentence, several nouns are compounds:

• soppkontrolløren = sopp
  • kontrollør
    • definite ending
      → the mushroom inspector
• soppfunnet = sopp
  • funn
    • definite ending
      → the mushroom find
• soppkontrollen = sopp
  • kontroll
    • definite ending
      → the mushroom inspection

So instead of writing several separate words, Norwegian often joins them into one.

Why do the nouns end in -en or -et?

Those endings usually show the definite form, meaning the.

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

Here:

• kontrolløren = the inspector
• funnet = the find
• kontrollen = the inspection

So:

• en kontrollør = an inspector
• kontrolløren = the inspector

and

• et funn = a find
• funnet = the find

The exact ending depends on the noun’s gender and form.