Learn Hardcore Norwegian: Programvarelisensen står i utgiftsoversikten. - The software licence is stated in the expense overview.

Breakdown of Programvarelisensen står i utgiftsoversikten.

Why is programvarelisensen written as one long word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

Here, programvarelisensen is built like this:

So programvarelisensen means the software license.

This is very normal in Norwegian. What would be two or three words in English is often one word in Norwegian.

Why is there no separate word for the?

In Norwegian, the definite article is often attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word.

So:

And in the full compound:

So the -en ending already includes the meaning of the.

What does står mean here? Does it literally mean stands?