Filmen er skummel.

The film is scary.

Breakdown of Filmen er skummel.

• være: to be
• filmen: the film
• skummel: scary

Questions & Answers about Filmen er skummel.

What does the -en at the end of filmen mean?

The ending -en is the definite article (“the”) attached to the noun.

• en film = a film / a movie (indefinite)
• filmen = the film / the movie (definite)

Norwegian usually puts the article at the end of the noun instead of in front, unlike English:

• bok = book
  boka / boken = the book
• stol = chair
  stolen = the chair

So filmen er skummel literally is “film-the is scary.”

What gender is film, and what are its main forms?

In Bokmål, film is a masculine noun:

• Indefinite singular: en film – a film
• Definite singular: filmen – the film
• Indefinite plural: filmer – films
• Definite plural: filmene – the films

In many dialects, people may say filma for the plural, but in standard written Bokmål you’ll most often see filmer / filmene.

Why is it filmen er skummel and not filmen er skummelt or skumle?