Bruksvilkårene begrenser kontodelingen.

The terms of use limit the account sharing.

Breakdown of Bruksvilkårene begrenser kontodelingen.

• begrense: to limit
• bruksvilkårene: the terms of use
• kontodelingen: the account sharing

Questions & Answers about Bruksvilkårene begrenser kontodelingen.

Why does bruksvilkårene end in -ene?

Because bruksvilkårene is a definite plural noun.

The base noun is et bruksvilkår = a term of use / a usage condition.
Plural indefinite: bruksvilkår = terms of use
Plural definite: bruksvilkårene = the terms of use

So -ene here means the ...s.

This is very common in Norwegian:

• en bil → bilen = the car
• biler → bilene = the cars
• et vilkår → vilkåret = the condition
• vilkår → vilkårene = the conditions

In this sentence, the speaker is referring to specific terms of use, so the definite form is used.

What exactly is bruksvilkårene made of?

It is a compound noun, which is extremely common in Norwegian.

It can be broken down like this:

• bruk = use
• vilkår = condition, term
• bruksvilkår = term of use / usage condition
• bruksvilkårene = the terms of use

Norwegian often prefers compounds where English might use a phrase with of:

• bruksvilkår = terms of use
• kontoopplysninger = account information
• personvernregler = privacy rules

So instead of writing something like vilkår for bruk, Norwegian often uses the compact compound bruksvilkår.

Could this also have been written as vilkårene for bruk?