Kveldens suppe er varm og deilig.

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Breakdown of Kveldens suppe er varm og deilig.

• og: and
• deilig: delicious
• suppen: the soup

Questions & Answers about Kveldens suppe er varm og deilig.

What does kveldens mean and how is it formed?

kveldens is the genitive form of kveld (evening). You add -s to show possession or association, so kveldens literally means the evening’s or this evening’s.

Why is there no article (en/ei/et or den/det/de) before suppe?

When you use a genitive like kveldens, that already makes the noun definite/specific. In Norwegian you don’t stack a genitive with an additional article. So kveldens suppe = the soup of the evening without any extra en or den.

Why aren’t the adjectives varm and deilig inflected with -e or -t?

They’re used predicatively (after the verb er). Predicative adjectives in Norwegian stay in their base form, regardless of gender or number. Only attributive adjectives (before a noun) get endings.

How would you use these adjectives attributively with suppe?