Lederen er ansvarlig for planen.

to be

Breakdown of Lederen er ansvarlig for planen.

• for: for
• planen: the plan
• ansvarlig: responsible

Questions & Answers about Lederen er ansvarlig for planen.

What are the grammatical roles of each word in the sentence?

• Lederen: the subject, definite singular of the common-gender noun leder (leader/manager).
• er: present tense of å være (to be).
• ansvarlig: a predicative adjective describing the subject.
• for planen: a prepositional phrase; for introduces the complement of responsibility, and planen is the definite singular of plan (plan).

Why is it for and not another preposition like av, til, or over?

With ansvarlig, the fixed preposition for what someone is responsible for is for: ansvarlig for noe.

• ansvarlig overfor noen means responsible/answerable to someone (accountable).
• av would mean by/of and is wrong here.
• til and over do not collocate with ansvarlig in this sense.

Is ansvarlig an adjective or a noun here?

Here it’s an adjective. It can also be used as a noun meaning “the person responsible”:

• en ansvarlig = a person in charge
• den ansvarlige (for planen) = the person responsible (for the plan)

How does ansvarlig inflect (singular/plural, gender)?