Koordinatene står i cachebeskrivelsen.

In Norwegian, stå is often used when information is written, printed, or listed somewhere.

So Koordinatene står i cachebeskrivelsen is very natural Norwegian, even though a word-for-word English version would sound odd: The coordinates stand in the cache description.

A more idiomatic English equivalent would be:

• The coordinates are in the cache description
• The coordinates are listed in the cache description
• The coordinates appear in the cache description

So here, står does not mean physical standing. It refers to something being written somewhere.

Koordinatene is the definite plural form of koordinat.

The pattern is:

• en koordinat = a coordinate
• koordinater = coordinates
• koordinatene = the coordinates

So the ending -ene marks definite plural.

This is very common in Norwegian:

• bil → bilen = the car
• biler → bilene = the cars
• koordinater → koordinatene = the coordinates

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

So:

• cache
  • beskrivelse = cachebeskrivelse
• cachebeskrivelsen = the cache description

This is different from English, where we often write similar expressions as separate words:

• cache description

In Norwegian, writing it as one word is the normal pattern.

Also notice that the definite ending is added to the whole compound:

• en beskrivelse = a description
• beskrivelsen = the description
• cachebeskrivelsen = the cache description

I usually means in.

Here it is used because the coordinates are in the description, meaning inside the text/content of it.

That is a natural choice in Norwegian when talking about written information:

• Det står i boka. = It says so in the book.
• Det står i e-posten. = It says so in the email.
• Det står i beskrivelsen. = It says so in the description.

So i fits the idea of something being contained within a text.

Because the sentence is talking about specific coordinates and a specific cache description.

• koordinatene = the coordinates
• cachebeskrivelsen = the cache description

In Norwegian, definiteness is usually shown by adding an ending to the noun:

• -en / -a / -et / -ene

So instead of separate words like English the, Norwegian often marks definiteness on the noun itself.

This sentence sounds like both things are already known from context:

• which coordinates
• which cache description

No. In Norwegian, verbs usually do not change depending on person or number.

So står stays the same whether the subject is singular or plural:

• Koordinaten står i beskrivelsen. = The coordinate is in the description.
• Koordinatene står i beskrivelsen. = The coordinates are in the description.

This is much simpler than English, where is/are changes.

Yes. A very common alternative is:

I cachebeskrivelsen står koordinatene.

This still means the same thing, but it puts more focus on where the coordinates are.

This happens because Norwegian follows the V2 rule in main clauses: the verb usually comes in the second position.

So:

• Koordinatene står i cachebeskrivelsen.
• I cachebeskrivelsen står koordinatene.

Both are correct, but the emphasis is slightly different.

It is a borrowed word, especially common in geocaching contexts.

In everyday Norwegian outside that hobby, cache is not an old traditional Norwegian word, but people still use it naturally in this kind of context. Norwegian often keeps borrowed words, especially in technical or hobby vocabulary.

In compounds, borrowed words can still combine with Norwegian words:

• cachebeskrivelse
• cacheeier
• cachetur

So even though cache is borrowed, the structure of the sentence is fully Norwegian.

Yes. Grammatically, you can break it down like this:

• Koordinatene = the coordinates
• står = stand / are written / are listed
• i = in
• cachebeskrivelsen = the cache description

So the literal structure is:

The coordinates stand in the cache description.

That literal version helps explain the grammar, but it is not the best English translation. In natural English, you would normally say:

• The coordinates are in the cache description
• The coordinates are listed in the cache description

A few natural alternatives are:

• Koordinatene finnes i cachebeskrivelsen.
  = The coordinates can be found in the cache description.

• Koordinatene er oppgitt i cachebeskrivelsen.
  = The coordinates are given in the cache description.

• Du finner koordinatene i cachebeskrivelsen.
  = You’ll find the coordinates in the cache description.

But Koordinatene står i cachebeskrivelsen is very normal and idiomatic Norwegian.