Søknaden er allerede sendt inn.

to be

Breakdown of Søknaden er allerede sendt inn.

• allerede: already
• søknaden: the application
• sendt inn: submitted

Questions & Answers about Søknaden er allerede sendt inn.

What does søknaden mean exactly, and why does it end in -en?

Søknaden means the application.

The base noun is en søknad = an application.
When Norwegian adds -en to a common-gender noun, it usually makes it definite:

• en søknad = an application
• søknaden = the application

So -en here works like English the.

Why is it er sendt inn and not har sendt inn?

Because the sentence is focused on the application as the thing that has been submitted, not on the person who submitted it.

• Noen har sendt inn søknaden = Someone has submitted the application
• Søknaden er sendt inn = The application has been submitted / is submitted

This is a passive-style construction. In English, we often use has been submitted. In Norwegian, er sendt inn is very natural here.

So:

• har sendt inn = active, someone did it
• er sendt inn = passive/result-focused, the application is in the submitted state

Is sendt inn one unit, or does inn mean something separate here?