Skjermhøyden kontrolleres ved arbeidsstasjonen.

The screen height is checked at the workstation.

Breakdown of Skjermhøyden kontrolleres ved arbeidsstasjonen.

• ved: at
• kontrollere: to check
• arbeidsstasjonen: the workstation
• skjermhøyden: the screen height

Questions & Answers about Skjermhøyden kontrolleres ved arbeidsstasjonen.

Why is skjermhøyden written as one word?

Because Norwegian very often forms compound nouns as a single word.

Here, skjerm means screen and høyde means height. Put together, skjermhøyde means screen height.

Then the definite ending is added to the whole compound:

• skjermhøyde = screen height
• skjermhøyden = the screen height

This is very normal in Norwegian. English often writes these as separate words, but Norwegian usually prefers one combined word.

Why is there no separate word for the in skjermhøyden?

In Norwegian, the is often added to the end of the noun as a definite suffix instead of being a separate word.

So:

• en arbeidsstasjon = a workstation
• arbeidsstasjonen = the workstation

And:

• skjermhøyde = screen height
• skjermhøyden = the screen height

So the idea of the is already built into -en.

Why does only the last part of skjermhøyden get the definite ending?