Because møtet is the definite singular form of et møte.
Norwegian often puts the definite article on the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.
So:
Since the sentence is talking about a specific meeting, møtet is the natural form.
Var is the past tense of å være (to be).
So:
In your sentence, the speaker is placing it in the past.
Because after å være (to be), Norwegian often uses an indefinite noun when classifying or identifying something.
Here, the sentence means that the meeting was a coincidence, not that it was the coincidence.
So:
Using tilfeldigheten would sound much more specific and would usually need extra context.
This is similar to English:
Because the article depends on the noun that follows it.
Each noun has its own gender, and they do not have to match.
So in the same sentence you can naturally get:
That is completely normal in Norwegian.
Tilfeldighet usually means coincidence, chance, or something happening by accident/chance rather than by plan.
In this sentence, the most natural English meaning is:
Depending on context, it could also suggest:
So tilfeldighet is about something being due to chance rather than intention.
Yes, but it means something a little different.
The first uses a noun (tilfeldighet), while the second uses an adjective (tilfeldig).
The noun version is often more idiomatic when you mean that the meeting itself happened by chance. The adjective version can work, but it may feel slightly different in tone.
They are:
So the sentence breaks down like this:
Yes. Møte can refer to:
So Møtet var en tilfeldighet could mean either:
The exact English translation depends on context.
The word order is straightforward:
So the pattern is:
This is very normal in Norwegian.
Because Norwegian is a V2 language, the finite verb often comes second. In this sentence, the subject comes first, so the verb naturally follows:
If you move another element to the front, the verb still stays in second position:
A rough guide is:
A few useful notes:
A careful full pronunciation would be something like:
Because Norwegian usually expresses definiteness by adding an ending to the noun.
Compare:
So English uses a separate article:
But Norwegian often uses a suffix:
There are cases where Norwegian can use a separate definite marker too, especially with adjectives:
But in your sentence, with no adjective, møtet alone is enough.