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Because Norwegian often uses a “double definiteness” pattern when a definite noun has an adjective:
- den (definite determiner) + nye (adjective) + leiligheten (noun with definite ending)
So Den nye leiligheten = the new apartment.
If you remove the adjective, you typically just say Leiligheten = the apartment.
Den leiligheten (without an adjective) is more like that apartment in many contexts.
When an adjective comes before a definite noun phrase (like den … leiligheten), the adjective usually takes the “definite/weak” form, which for many adjectives is -e:
- en ny leilighet = a new apartment
- den nye leiligheten = the new apartment
So ny → nye is just the required form in this structure.