Budsjettposten viser abonnementskostnaden.

The budget item shows the subscription cost.

Breakdown of Budsjettposten viser abonnementskostnaden.

• vise: to show
• budsjettposten: the budget item
• abonnementskostnaden: the subscription cost

Questions & Answers about Budsjettposten viser abonnementskostnaden.

Why are Budsjettposten and abonnementskostnaden written as one word each?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

So:

• budsjett + post → budsjettpost
• abonnement + s + kostnad → abonnementskostnad

This is very common in Norwegian. Where English often has budget item or subscription cost as two words, Norwegian normally makes one compound word.

A useful rule: the last part is the main noun. It decides the basic meaning and how the word behaves grammatically.

What does the ending -en mean in both nouns?

Here, -en marks the definite singular form for these en-nouns.

For example:

• en budsjettpost → budsjettposten
• en abonnementskostnad → abonnementskostnaden

So the ending -en works like English the in this sentence.

Why is there no separate word for the?