Jeg skriver navnet mitt på siden.

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Breakdown of Jeg skriver navnet mitt på siden.

• skrive: to write
• på: on
• mitt: my

Questions & Answers about Jeg skriver navnet mitt på siden.

Why is it navnet mitt and not mitt navn, since English says “my name”?

Norwegian allows both orders, but they are used differently.

• navnet mitt (noun + possessive after) is the normal, neutral way to say my name.
• mitt navn (possessive before the noun) is more formal, emphatic, or contrastive, e.g. “MY name (as opposed to someone else’s)”.

So Jeg skriver navnet mitt på siden is the most natural version in everyday speech and writing.

Why is it navnet (with -et) and not just navn?

navn is a neuter noun:

• indefinite: et navn – a name
• definite: navnet – the name

When the possessive pronoun comes after the noun (as in navnet mitt), the noun is put in the definite form:

• navnet mitt = my name (literally “the name my”)
• boka mi = my book (literally “the book my”)
• huset vårt = our house (literally “the house our”)

So you need navnet, not bare navn, in this pattern.

Why is the possessive mitt, not min?