Realkompetansevurderingen endrer opptaksgrunnlaget.

The assessment of prior learning changes the basis for admission.

Breakdown of Realkompetansevurderingen endrer opptaksgrunnlaget.

• endre: to change
• realkompetansevurderingen: the assessment of prior learning
• opptaksgrunnlaget: the basis for admission

Questions & Answers about Realkompetansevurderingen endrer opptaksgrunnlaget.

Why are Realkompetansevurderingen and opptaksgrunnlaget written as single long words?

Because Norwegian makes very frequent use of compound nouns.

Instead of writing several separate words, Norwegian often joins them into one:

• realkompetansevurderingen = realkompetanse
  • vurdering
    • -en
• opptaksgrunnlaget = opptak
  • s
    • grunnlag
      • -et

This is very normal in Norwegian, especially in formal or administrative language. English often prefers phrases like the assessment of prior learning or the basis for admission, while Norwegian often packs the same idea into one noun.

What do the endings -en and -et mean?

They are the definite article endings attached to the noun.

So:

• vurdering = assessment
• vurderingen = the assessment

and

• grunnlag = basis / foundation
• grunnlaget = the basis

In other words, Norwegian often expresses the by adding an ending to the noun instead of putting a separate word in front of it.

Why isn’t there a separate word for the?