Møtet starter presis klokken ti.

The meeting starts exactly at ten o'clock.

Breakdown of Møtet starter presis klokken ti.

• møtet: the meeting
• starte: to start
• klokken: the clock
• ti: ten

Questions & Answers about Møtet starter presis klokken ti.

Why is it møtet and not møte?

Because møtet is the definite form: møte = a meeting, møtet = the meeting.

Norwegian usually uses the definite form when you talk about a specific, known event, like a scheduled meeting everyone already knows about.
So Møtet starter … means The meeting starts …, not A meeting starts ….

How is the word møte declined? (indefinite, definite, plural…)

Møte is a neuter noun. Its common forms in Bokmål are:

• et møte – a meeting (indefinite singular)
• møtet – the meeting (definite singular)
• møter – meetings (indefinite plural)
• møtene – the meetings (definite plural)

In your sentence we have møtet (definite singular).

Could I say Møtet begynner presis klokken ti instead of starter? Is there a difference?