Word
Marerittet kommer tilbake hver natt.
Meaning
The nightmare comes back every night.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Marerittet kommer tilbake hver natt.
natten
the night
hver
every
komme tilbake
to come back
marerittet
the nightmare
Questions & Answers about Marerittet kommer tilbake hver natt.
Why is it marerittet and not just mareritt?
Because Norwegian usually marks “the” by adding an ending to the noun instead of using a separate word.
- mareritt = a nightmare (indefinite singular)
- marerittet = the nightmare (definite singular)
The ending -et is the definite singular ending for neuter nouns. So:
- et mareritt – a nightmare
- marerittet – the nightmare
In your sentence, we’re talking about a specific nightmare that keeps coming back, so the definite form marerittet is used.
What gender is mareritt, and what are its main forms?
Mareritt is a neuter noun in Bokmål.
Key forms:
- Indefinite singular: et mareritt – a nightmare
- Definite singular: marerittet – the nightmare
- Indefinite plural: mareritt – nightmares
- Definite plural: marerittene – the nightmares
So singular and plural indefinite look the same (mareritt); you see the difference from context. The definite forms add endings: -et (singular), -ene (plural).
Why is it hver natt and not hver natten?