Tegnet er klart.

Because tegnet is the definite singular form of the noun tegn.

• tegn = a sign / a symbol / a mark
• tegnet = the sign / the symbol / the mark

In Norwegian, the definite article is often added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word. So where English says the sign, Norwegian often says tegnet.

Tegn is a neuter noun in Norwegian.

That matters because adjectives often change form to match the noun’s gender and number. Since tegn is neuter singular, the adjective becomes klart rather than klar.

A quick comparison:

• en bil er klar = a car is ready/clear
• et tegn er klart = a sign is clear

So the -t on klart shows agreement with a neuter singular noun.

Because klart is the correct predicative adjective form for a neuter singular noun.

Here the adjective comes after er and describes the noun:

• Tegnet er klart.

This is called a predicative use of the adjective.

The main forms are:

• klar for common gender singular
• klart for neuter singular
• klare for plural

So:

• Bilen er klar.
• Tegnet er klart.
• Bilene er klare.

An important point: even though tegnet is definite, Norwegian still uses klart here, not klare, because predicative adjectives agree with gender and number, not with definiteness in the same way attributive adjectives do.

Er means is / are / am, depending on the subject. It is the present tense of å være (to be).

In this sentence:

• Tegnet er klart = The sign is clear

So er is just the linking verb connecting the subject (tegnet) and the description (klart).

Here, klart is an adjective.

It describes the noun tegnet and tells us something about it. In English, this works the same way:

• The sign is clear

So the structure is:

• tegnet = subject
• er = verb
• klart = adjective describing the subject

Yes. Tegn can have several related meanings depending on context, for example:

• sign
• symbol
• mark
• sometimes indication or omen

So tegnet could mean the sign, the symbol, the mark, and so on, depending on the situation.

Also, tegnet can look like a verb form from å tegne (to draw), but in this sentence it is understood as a noun because of the structure:

• Tegnet er klart → The sign is clear

You can tell from the sentence structure.

In Tegnet er klart, tegnet is followed by er klart, which describes it. That makes tegnet the subject of the sentence, so it functions as a noun.

If it were a verb form from å tegne, the sentence would normally need a subject before it, for example:

• Han tegnet et hus. = He drew a house.

So in your sentence, tegnet is understood as the sign, not drew or drawn.

Yes. This is very standard word order for a simple statement:

• Subject + verb + adjective/complement
• Tegnet + er + klart

This is the same basic pattern as in English:

• The sign + is + clear

If you turned it into a yes/no question, Norwegian would usually switch the order:

• Er tegnet klart? = Is the sign clear?

A simple learner-friendly approximation would be:

• TEI-net er klahrt

A few useful notes:

• tegn is pronounced more like tein than it looks
• the g is not pronounced as a hard English g
• klart ends with a clear t sound in careful speech

Pronunciation varies somewhat by dialect, but if you say something close to TEI-net er klahrt, you will be understood well.

Yes, if the sign has already been mentioned, Norwegian could use det (it) instead:

• Det er klart. = It is clear.

But Tegnet er klart is more specific because it names the thing directly.

So:

• Tegnet er klart. = The sign is clear.
• Det er klart. = It is clear.

The second one depends more on context.