Avfallsmottaket krever aksjonskoden.

The waste drop-off site requires the clean-up code.

Breakdown of Avfallsmottaket krever aksjonskoden.

• kreve: to require
• avfallsmottaket: the waste drop-off site
• aksjonskoden: the clean-up code

Questions & Answers about Avfallsmottaket krever aksjonskoden.

Why is avfallsmottaket written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• avfall = waste
• mottak = reception, receiving station, facility

Together, avfallsmottak becomes one noun meaning something like a waste reception facility or waste collection point.

This is very common in Norwegian. Where English often uses several words, Norwegian often joins them:

• bil dør would be wrong
• bildør = car door

So avfallsmottaket is not unusual at all: it is the compound noun avfallsmottak with a definite ending added.

Why does avfallsmottaket end in -et?

The ending -et marks the noun as definite singular for a neuter noun.

The base noun is:

• et avfallsmottak = a waste facility / a waste reception point

The definite form is:

• avfallsmottaket = the waste facility

So instead of using a separate word for the, Norwegian usually adds the definiteness to the end of the noun.

Compare:

• et hus = a house
• huset = the house

The same pattern is used here:

• et avfallsmottak
• avfallsmottaket

Why does aksjonskoden end in -en?