Har vi ikke nok pølser til alle?

Because this is a yes/no question.

In Norwegian, yes/no questions are usually made by putting the finite verb first:

• Vi har nok pølser. = We have enough sausages.
• Har vi nok pølser? = Do we have enough sausages?

So in Har vi ikke nok pølser til alle?, the normal statement order vi har becomes har vi because it is a question.

In Norwegian main clauses, ikke usually comes after the finite verb and after the subject.

So:

• Vi har ikke nok pølser. = We do not have enough sausages.
• Har vi ikke nok pølser? = Do we not / Don’t we have enough sausages?

That is why you get:

• Har = finite verb
• vi = subject
• ikke = negation

If you moved ikke, the sentence would usually sound marked or emphatic.

Yes. This is a negative yes/no question.

Har vi ikke nok pølser til alle? often sounds like:

• Don’t we have enough sausages for everyone?
• Do we not have enough sausages for everyone?

In real usage, it can express different shades of meaning depending on tone:

• genuine question
• surprise
• expectation that maybe there should be enough
• checking whether a problem exists

So it is not just mechanically negative; it can also carry a feeling like Really? Is there not enough?

Nok means enough here.

So:

• nok pølser = enough sausages

Examples:

• Vi har nok mat. = We have enough food.
• Har du nok penger? = Do you have enough money?

Be aware that nok can also mean probably in other contexts, but not in this sentence.

Both patterns can exist in Norwegian, but nok pølser is the most straightforward and natural here.

• nok pølser = enough sausages

You may also hear pølser nok in some contexts, but it is less neutral here and can sound more stylistically marked or conversational depending on the sentence.

For a learner, nok + noun is the safest pattern to recognize and use in sentences like this:

• nok tid = enough time
• nok folk = enough people
• nok pølser = enough sausages

Because Norwegian often uses a bare plural when talking about things in a general, indefinite way.

• pølse = a sausage
• pølser = sausages

Here, the sentence is not talking about specific sausages already identified as the sausages. It just means enough sausages in general.

Compare:

• Vi har nok pølser. = We have enough sausages.
• Vi har nok av pølsene. = We have enough of the sausages.

The first is indefinite and general; the second refers to specific sausages.

The base form is en pølse = a sausage.

Its common forms are:

• en pølse = a sausage
• pølsa / pølsen = the sausage
• pølser = sausages
• pølsene = the sausages

In this sentence, pølser is the indefinite plural.

Til alle means for everyone or more literally to everyone, depending on context.

In this sentence:

• nok pølser til alle = enough sausages for everyone

This is a very natural Norwegian way to express distribution: enough of something for all the people involved.

In Norwegian, til is often used when talking about something being available, given, or sufficient for a group of people.

So:

• nok pølser til alle = enough sausages for everyone

For alle is possible in Norwegian in other contexts, but it often has a slightly different feel, more like for everyone in a broad, general, intended-for sense:

• Dette er for alle. = This is for everyone.
• Det finnes noe for alle. = There is something for everyone.

But with enough X for everyone, til alle is the natural choice.

Because it is a negative question, the answer system can be tricky for English speakers.

If the negative idea is true:

• Nei, vi har ikke nok pølser. = No, we do not have enough sausages.

If you want to contradict the negative idea:

• Jo, vi har nok pølser. = Yes, we do have enough sausages.

This is important:

• nei confirms the negative
• jo contradicts a negative statement or question

That makes jo a very useful word in Norwegian.

Yes, but it would mean something different.

• Har vi nok pølser til alle? = Do we have enough sausages for everyone?
• Har vi ikke nok pølser til alle? = Don’t we have enough sausages for everyone? / Do we not have enough sausages for everyone?

The version with ikke is negative and may suggest surprise, doubt, or expectation.
The version without ikke is a more neutral question.

Yes, it is completely natural everyday Norwegian.

A native speaker might say it in situations like:

• planning food for a party
• checking whether there is enough for a group
• realizing more people showed up than expected

It sounds ordinary and idiomatic in Bokmål.

A rough guide is:

• pølse sounds somewhat like PURL-suh, but with the Norwegian vowel ø, which does not exist exactly in English
• pølser is roughly PURL-ser

A few helpful points:

• ø is a rounded front vowel; English speakers often need practice with it
• the r in Norwegian varies by dialect
• the final -er in pølser is usually pronounced clearly, though not heavily stressed

If you want to sound natural, the most important thing is to practice the vowel in pø-.

More or less, yes:

• Har = have
• vi = we
• ikke = not
• nok = enough
• pølser = sausages
• til alle = for everyone

So the structure is roughly:

• Have we not enough sausages for everyone?

But natural English usually says:

• Don’t we have enough sausages for everyone?
• Do we not have enough sausages for everyone?

So the literal meaning is close, but the most natural English translation usually needs a little adjustment.