Legen kontrollerer blodet.

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word like the in English.

• en lege = a doctor

• legen = the doctor

• (et) blod = blood
• blodet = the blood

So:

• -en is a common definite singular ending
• -et is a neuter definite singular ending

This is one of the first big differences English speakers notice in Norwegian.

The base form is lege, which means doctor.

Its forms are:

• en lege = a doctor
• legen = the doctor
• leger = doctors
• legene = the doctors

So legen is just the definite singular form of lege.

Because Norwegian normally marks definiteness by adding it to the noun.

English uses:

• the blood

Norwegian usually uses:

• blodet

This is completely normal Norwegian grammar. The same pattern appears in many nouns:

• boken = the book
• huset = the house
• bilen = the car

So blodet is the standard definite form.

Kontrollerer is the present tense of kontrollere.

• å kontrollere = to check / to inspect / to examine / to monitor
• kontrollerer = checks / is checking

In Norwegian, the present tense can often cover both:

• something happening right now
• something that happens regularly

So Legen kontrollerer blodet can mean either:

• The doctor is checking the blood or
• The doctor checks the blood

The exact meaning depends on context.

It can be a little tricky because it looks like the English word control.

In Norwegian, å kontrollere often means:

• to check
• to inspect
• to verify
• to examine

In some contexts it can mean control, but very often it is closer to check than to control in everyday English.

So in this sentence, an English speaker should usually think of it as checks or examines, not necessarily controls.

This is the normal Norwegian word order for a basic statement:

subject + verb + object

• Legen = subject
• kontrollerer = verb
• blodet = object

So it follows the same basic order as English:

• The doctor checks the blood

That makes this sentence quite straightforward for English speakers.

Not as a normal plain statement.

In Norwegian main clauses, the verb is usually in the second position. That means if you start with something else, the verb comes before the subject.

For example:

• I dag kontrollerer legen blodet. = Today, the doctor checks the blood.

Here, I dag comes first, so the verb kontrollerer must come second, and the subject legen comes after it.

But if nothing else is moved to the front, the normal order is:

• Legen kontrollerer blodet.

Yes. Blod is a neuter noun, which is why the definite form is blodet.

A simplified way to think about it is:

• common gender nouns often take -en in the definite singular
• neuter nouns often take -et in the definite singular

So:

• legen uses -en
• blodet uses -et

Because mass nouns in Norwegian, just like in English, are often used without an indefinite article.

For example:

• blod = blood (general substance)

You usually would not say a blood in normal English, and Norwegian works similarly in many cases.

But when you are referring to specific blood, such as a particular sample or the blood being examined, Norwegian can use the definite form:

• blodet

So blodet here sounds like the blood or the blood sample being checked.

A rough guide for an English speaker is:

• Legen ≈ LAY-ghen
• kontrollerer ≈ kon-tro-LAY-rer
• blodet ≈ BLOO-det

A few helpful notes:

• g in legen is pronounced; it is not silent
• the r sounds are Norwegian r sounds, which vary by region
• the final -et in blodet is pronounced, unlike many silent endings in English

Pronunciation varies by dialect, but this rough guide is enough to start recognizing the sentence.

You would usually change the definite forms to indefinite ones:

• En lege kontrollerer blod.

That means:

• en lege = a doctor
• blod = blood in a general sense

Compare:

• Legen kontrollerer blodet. = a specific doctor checks specific blood
• En lege kontrollerer blod. = a doctor checks blood in general

The definite forms in your original sentence make it sound more specific.

Yes. Lege is the normal Norwegian word for a medical doctor, and in English that can be translated as:

• doctor
• physician (depending on context)

So legen may be translated in different ways depending on the situation, but grammatically it is still just the definite form of lege.