Appetitten er større etter trening.

The appetite is bigger after training.

Breakdown of Appetitten er større etter trening.

• være: to be
• etter: after
• appetitten: the appetite
• større: bigger
• treningen: the training

Questions & Answers about Appetitten er større etter trening.

Why is appetitten in the definite form instead of appetitt?

In Norwegian you often use the definite form (adding -en) when talking about a known or general phenomenon. Appetitten literally means the appetite. If you said appetitt, it would be the indefinite form (“an appetite” or appetite in the abstract), but here we refer to “the appetite” as a specific, familiar concept.

How do you form the comparative større from stor?

Stor (“big”) is irregular in Norwegian. Its comparative is større and its superlative is størst. You don’t need mer or mest with stor—you simply use the irregular form: • stor → større
• stor → størst

Why isn’t there an article before trening in etter trening?

Here trening (“training/exercise”) is used as an uncountable noun referring to exercise in general. Uncountable nouns typically don’t take an article: • etter trening = “after (some) training/exercise”
If you meant a specific session, you could say etter en trening (“after a training session”) or etter treningen (“after the training session”).

Can I move etter trening to the beginning of the sentence? How does the word order change?

Yes. Norwegian main clauses follow the V2 rule: the finite verb must be in the second position. So you get:
Etter trening er appetitten større.
Here etter trening is first, er (the verb) stays second, and appetitten (the subject) comes third.

What’s the difference between etter trening and etterpå trening?

• Etter is a preposition meaning after and is standard before a noun: etter trening.
• Etterpå is an adverb meaning afterwards and typically stands alone (“Jeg spiste etterpå” = “I ate afterwards”). It’s unusual to put etterpå directly before a noun, so stick with etter trening for “after training.”

Could this sentence use bli instead of er, like appetitten blir større etter trening?

Yes, you can.
• er (“is”) simply states the fact: “the appetite is bigger after training.”
• blir (“becomes”) emphasizes the change: “the appetite becomes bigger after training.”
Both are correct; choose blir to highlight that the appetite increases as a result of exercising.

What grammatical role does etter trening play in the sentence?

Etter trening is an adverbial phrase of time. It tells you when the appetite is bigger—namely, after training.