UV-lyset viser tallkoden.

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Breakdown of UV-lyset viser tallkoden.

• UV-lyset: the UV light
• tallkoden: the numeric code

Questions & Answers about UV-lyset viser tallkoden.

Why does UV-lyset end in -et?

Because lys is a neuter noun in Norwegian: et lys = a light.

When you make a neuter noun definite, you usually add -et:

• et lys = a light
• lyset = the light

So UV-lyset means the UV light.

The UV- part is attached to the noun with a hyphen because abbreviations are often linked this way in Norwegian.

Why is tallkoden written as one word?

Norwegian very often makes compound nouns by writing them as a single word.

So:

• tall = number / digit
• kode = code
• tallkode = number code / numeric code

Then the definite form is:

• en tallkode = a number code
• tallkoden = the number code

This is very normal in Norwegian. Where English often uses two words, Norwegian frequently uses one compound word.

What does the -en in tallkoden mean?