Matbransjen støtter hjelpetiltaket.

to support

Breakdown of Matbransjen støtter hjelpetiltaket.

• matbransjen: the food industry
• hjelpetiltaket: the social support initiative

Questions & Answers about Matbransjen støtter hjelpetiltaket.

Why are matbransjen and hjelpetiltaket written as single words?

Because Norwegian very often forms compound nouns by writing the parts together as one word.

• mat + bransjen → matbransjen = the food industry
• hjelpe + tiltaket → hjelpetiltaket = the aid measure / support measure

This is much more common in Norwegian than in English, where we often use separate words.

What does matbransjen break down into?

Matbransjen consists of:

• mat = food
• bransje = industry, sector, line of business
• bransjen = the industry

So matbransjen literally means the food industry.

A useful thing to notice: in Norwegian compounds, the last part is the main noun, and that is the part that usually gets the definite ending.

Why does matbransjen end in -en?

The ending -en marks the noun as definite singular for many common-gender nouns.

• en bransje = an industry
• bransjen = the industry

When this noun is part of a compound, the definite ending still goes on the last element:

• matbransje = food industry
• matbransjen = the food industry

So Norwegian often expresses the by adding an ending to the noun instead of using a separate word.