Breakdown of Appetitten er større etter trening.
være
to be
etter
after
appetitten
the appetite
større
bigger
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?