Mikrobeholderen har en liten loggbok.

to have

Breakdown of Mikrobeholderen har en liten loggbok.

• en: a
• liten: small
• loggboken: the logbook

Questions & Answers about Mikrobeholderen har en liten loggbok.

Why are mikrobeholderen and loggbok written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

• mikrobeholderen = mikro
  • beholder
    • -en
• loggbok = logg
  • bok

This is very common in Norwegian. Where English often has two words or a hyphen, Norwegian often prefers one compound word.

What does the ending -en in mikrobeholderen mean?

-en is the definite singular ending for many en-words in Bokmål.

So:

• en mikrobeholder = a microcontainer
• mikrobeholderen = the microcontainer

The basic dictionary form is mikrobeholder.

Why isn’t there a separate word for the before mikrobeholderen?

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

So English:

• the container

often becomes Norwegian:

• beholderen

This is normal for simple definite noun phrases.
However, if there is a definite adjective phrase, Norwegian usually adds a separate article too:

• den lille loggboken / den lille loggboka = the small logbook