Nøkkelbestillingen krever sikkerhetskortet.

to require

Breakdown of Nøkkelbestillingen krever sikkerhetskortet.

• sikkerhetskortet: the security card
• nøkkelbestillingen: the key order

Questions & Answers about Nøkkelbestillingen krever sikkerhetskortet.

Why is Nøkkelbestillingen written as one long word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

• nøkkel = key
• bestilling = order / booking / request

Together they form nøkkelbestilling.

The last part, bestilling, is the main noun. That means it decides the word’s gender and how it is inflected. So when the whole compound becomes definite singular, you get nøkkelbestillingen.

This is very normal in Norwegian. English often uses separate words where Norwegian prefers one compound word.

Why do the nouns end in -en and -et?

Those endings mark the definite form of the noun, which is often how Norwegian says the.

• bestillingen = the order/request
• kortet = the card

So instead of putting a separate word like the in front, Norwegian often adds the definiteness to the end of the noun.

In this sentence:

• nøkkelbestillingen = the key order/request
• sikkerhetskortet = the security card

What are the base forms of the nouns in this sentence?

The dictionary forms are:

• nøkkelbestilling
• sikkerhetskort

And their indefinite singular forms would be:

• en nøkkelbestilling
• et sikkerhetskort

So the sentence is using the definite singular forms of both nouns.