Spilllederen forklarer hvordan rømningsrommet fungerer.

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Breakdown of Spilllederen forklarer hvordan rømningsrommet fungerer.

• fungere: to work (to function)
• hvordan: how
• rømningsrommet: the escape room

Questions & Answers about Spilllederen forklarer hvordan rømningsrommet fungerer.

Is Spilllederen spelled correctly?

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.

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

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

What is rømningsrommet made up of?

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.