Feildiagnosen beskriver tilleggsarbeidet.

The fault diagnosis describes the additional work.

Breakdown of Feildiagnosen beskriver tilleggsarbeidet.

• beskrive: to describe
• feildiagnosen: the fault diagnosis
• tilleggsarbeidet: the additional work

Questions & Answers about Feildiagnosen beskriver tilleggsarbeidet.

Why is there no separate word for the in this sentence?

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of standing alone as a separate word.

So:

• feildiagnosen = the misdiagnosis
• tilleggsarbeidet = the additional work

This is very common in Norwegian. Compare:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car

So the sentence does not need a separate word like English the, because definiteness is built into the noun endings.

Why does feildiagnosen end in -en?

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

Base form:

• en feildiagnose = a misdiagnosis

Definite form:

• feildiagnosen = the misdiagnosis

This noun is a compound:

• feil = error, wrong
• diagnose = diagnosis

Together, feildiagnose means misdiagnosis or wrong diagnosis, and the definite ending is added to the whole compound: feildiagnosen.

Why does tilleggsarbeidet end in -et instead of -en?