Planen endres ofte når været er dramatisk.

to be

Breakdown of Planen endres ofte når været er dramatisk.

• været: the weather
• når: when
• ofte: often

Questions & Answers about Planen endres ofte når været er dramatisk.

Why is Planen in the definite form and not just en plan?

In Norwegian, you use the definite form (planen = the plan) when both speaker and listener know which specific plan you are talking about, or when it’s “the usual/standard plan” in a certain context.

• Planen endres ofte …
  = The plan is often changed … (the particular plan we have been talking about / the usual plan)

If you said:

• En plan endres ofte når været er dramatisk.

it would sound more like “A plan is often changed …”, talking about some random or hypothetical plan, not a specific one. In normal contexts (like at work, on a trip, in a project), Norwegians would almost always say planen here.

What does the -s in endres mean? Is it passive?