Spilllederen forklarer hvordan rømningsrommet fungerer.

Probably not. The usual spelling is spillederen with two ls.

Why? Because it comes from spill + leder = spilleder / spillederen, and Norwegian normally avoids writing three identical consonants in a row in this kind of compound.

So in standard spelling, you would normally write:

Spillederen forklarer hvordan rømningsrommet fungerer.

Because Norwegian usually adds definiteness to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

Here you have:

• spillederen = the game master / the leader
• rømningsrommet = the escape room

This is very common in Norwegian. Compare:

• en leder = a leader

• lederen = the leader

• et rom = a room
• rommet = the room

It is a compound noun:

• rømning = escape
• rom = room
• -et = the definite ending for a neuter noun

So:

• et rømningsrom = an escape room
• rømningsrommet = the escape room

English often writes this as two words, but Norwegian usually prefers one compound word.

That s is a linking s used in many Norwegian compounds.

So the structure is:

• rømning
• s
• rommet

The s does not mean possession here. It just helps connect the parts of the compound. This happens in many Norwegian words, although it is not always fully predictable, so learners often just have to get used to which compounds use it.

Both are present tense.

• å forklare → forklarer
• å fungere → fungerer

So the sentence is in the present tense: the game master explains how the escape room works.

In Norwegian, present tense often ends in -r, especially for verbs of this type.

Because this is an embedded question (also called an indirect question), not a direct question.

After forklarer, Norwegian uses normal subordinate-clause word order:

• hvordan rømningsrommet fungerer

Here the subject comes before the verb.

Compare:

• Hvordan fungerer rømningsrommet? = direct question
• Han forklarer hvordan rømningsrommet fungerer. = embedded question

This is a very important word-order pattern in Norwegian.

Here hvordan means how.

It introduces the clause that tells us what is being explained:

• forklarer hvordan rømningsrommet fungerer
• explains how the escape room works

So hvordan is not asking a question by itself here; it is introducing an indirect question inside the sentence.

Yes. Å fungere is a very normal Norwegian verb for to function or to work when talking about how something operates.

So:

• Hvordan fungerer rømningsrommet? = How does the escape room work?

You may also hear virker in some contexts, but fungerer is very natural when talking about how a system, machine, activity, or setup works.

The letter ø is a vowel that does not exist in standard English, so it can be tricky.

A rough guide:

• ø sounds a bit like the vowel in British English bird or burn, but with rounded lips.
• Your tongue is fairly forward in the mouth, and your lips are rounded.

So rømningsrommet starts with a sound that English speakers often need to practice separately.

A very rough pronunciation guide might be:

RØM-nings-rom-met

But it is best to listen to native audio if possible, since ø is hard to learn from spelling alone.