Breakdown of Flertallet er enig i planen.
Questions & Answers about Flertallet er enig i planen.
Flertall means “a majority / majority (in general)” and is neuter: et flertall.
Flertallet means “the majority”, a specific one that both speaker and listener know about.
In this sentence we’re clearly talking about a concrete group, for example:
- the majority of the committee
- the majority of the voters
- the majority of the members
So Norwegian uses the definite form: flertallet.
You could say et flertall er enig i planen (“a majority agrees with the plan”), but that would mean some majority (not yet identified). With flertallet, it’s a known, specific majority.