Learn Hardcore Norwegian: Dørdemperen sitter på hengslet.

Breakdown of Dørdemperen sitter på hengslet.

Why is dørdemperen written as one long word?

Because Norwegian, like English, often makes compound nouns, but Norwegian usually writes them as one word.

So dørdemperen can be broken down like this:

So the core noun is dørdemper and the full form dørdemperen means the door damper / the door closer.

This is very normal in Norwegian:

Why is there no separate word for the in the sentence?

In Norwegian, the definite article is often added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word before it.

That is why you get:

And:

So in this sentence, both nouns are definite through their endings:

What is the dictionary form of dørdemperen?