Breakdown of Plateselskapet står på inneromslaget.
på
on
stå
to say (in writing)
plateselskapet
the record label
inneromslaget
the inner sleeve
Questions & Answers about Plateselskapet står på inneromslaget.
What does plateselskapet mean, and why is it written as one word?
Plateselskapet means the record company or the record label.
It is written as one word because Norwegian very often makes compound nouns where English uses two or more separate words.
Here, it is built from:
- plate = record
- selskap = company
So:
- plateselskap = record company / record label
- plateselskapet = the record company / the record label
This is very normal in Norwegian.
Why does plateselskapet end in -et?
The ending -et is the definite article attached to the noun, like the in English.
So:
- et plateselskap = a record company
- plateselskapet = the record company
The reason it is -et is that selskap is a neuter noun.
A useful pattern is:
- et selskap = a company
- selskapet = the company
Since plateselskap ends with the head noun selskap, it follows the same pattern:
- et plateselskap
- plateselskapet
Why isn’t it det plateselskapet?