Kvartsklokken har en tydelig urskive.

Kvartsklokken means the quartz clock.

Norwegian often forms compound nouns by joining words together into a single word. Here:

• kvarts = quartz
• klokke = clock
• kvartsklokke = quartz clock
• kvartsklokken = the quartz clock

The final -n marks the noun as definite: the.

The first part of the compound is kvarts (quartz), not kvart.

So the structure is:

• kvarts
  • klokke → kvartsklokke

When Norwegian makes compounds, spelling can sometimes look a little compressed, but the s belongs to kvarts. This kind of linking is very common in compound nouns.

Har means has.

It is the present tense of å ha = to have.

So:

• jeg har = I have
• du har = you have
• den har = it has

In the sentence, Kvartsklokken har en tydelig urskive, it simply means The quartz clock has a clear/distinct clock face.

In Norwegian, the usual order is:

• article + adjective + noun

So:

• en tydelig urskive = a clear clock face

This is the normal pattern for an indefinite noun phrase:

• en stor bil = a big car
• ei rød bok = a red book
• et lite hus = a small house

So en tydelig urskive follows the standard word order.

Because urskive is an en-word in the singular indefinite.

Norwegian adjectives change form depending on the noun phrase. The basic pattern is:

• en tydelig urskive = an/a clear clock face
• et tydelig signal = a clear signal
• tydelige urskiver = clear clock faces
• den tydelige urskiven = the clear clock face

So in en tydelig urskive, the adjective stays in its basic form: tydelig.

Urskive means clock face, watch face, or dial, depending on context.

It is made from:

• ur = clock/watch/timepiece
• skive = disc, plate, face

So urskive is the round face of a clock or watch where the numbers and hands are shown.

Because Norwegian usually puts definiteness on the noun itself instead of using a separate word like English the.

So:

• en klokke = a clock
• klokken = the clock

And in compounds:

• en kvartsklokke = a quartz clock
• kvartsklokken = the quartz clock

This is a very common feature of Norwegian.

The sentence follows a basic Norwegian pattern:

• subject + verb + object

So:

• Kvartsklokken = subject
• har = verb
• en tydelig urskive = object

This is very similar to English word order:

• The quartz clock / has / a clear clock face

Yes. Tydelig can mean several closely related things, depending on context:

• clear
• distinct
• easy to see
• easy to notice
• well-defined

So en tydelig urskive could suggest that the clock face is easy to read or visually distinct.

That would be:

En kvartsklokke har en tydelig urskive.

Compare:

• En kvartsklokke = a quartz clock
• Kvartsklokken = the quartz clock

That contrast between indefinite and definite is very important in Norwegian.