Learn Hardcore Norwegian: Oppbevaringstemperaturen er høy; i så fall avviser matsentralen matdonasjonen. - The storage temperature is high; in that case, the food bank rejects the food donation.

Breakdown of Oppbevaringstemperaturen er høy; i så fall avviser matsentralen matdonasjonen.

Why is oppbevaringstemperaturen written as one long word?

Because Norwegian, like German, very often forms compound nouns by writing the parts together as a single word.

Here, oppbevaringstemperaturen is built from:

So:

English usually separates this into multiple words, but Norwegian commonly joins them into one noun.

What does the ending -en mean in oppbevaringstemperaturen?

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

So:

The same thing is happening in:

Unlike English, Norwegian often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

Why is it høy and not høyt or høye?