Vi planlegger det kommende møtet.

We plan the upcoming meeting.

Breakdown of Vi planlegger det kommende møtet.

• vi: we
• møtet: the meeting
• planlegge: to plan
• den: the

Questions & Answers about Vi planlegger det kommende møtet.

Why is the sentence Vi planlegger det kommende møtet and not something like Vi planlegger kommende møte?

Because Norwegian usually uses a definite structure here when talking about a specific meeting.

In det kommende møtet:

• det = the definite article for a neuter noun
• kommende = adjective, upcoming/coming
• møtet = the meeting

Norwegian commonly uses double definiteness when a noun has an adjective:

• møtet = the meeting
• det kommende møtet = the upcoming meeting

So kommende møte would sound incomplete in this context if you mean a specific meeting.

Why is it det and not den?

Because møte is a neuter noun in Norwegian.

Norwegian singular definite article used before an adjective depends on gender:

• den for common gender nouns
• det for neuter nouns
• de for plural

Since et møte is neuter, you get:

• et møte = a meeting
• møtet = the meeting
• det kommende møtet = the upcoming meeting

If the noun were a common-gender noun, you would use den instead.

Why does møtet already have -et if det is also there?