Startavgiften ska inte överstiga månadsavgiften.

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Breakdown of Startavgiften ska inte överstiga månadsavgiften.

• ska: must (formal requirement)
• månadsavgiften: the monthly fee
• startavgiften: the activation fee

Questions & Answers about Startavgiften ska inte överstiga månadsavgiften.

Why are startavgiften and månadsavgiften written as one word each?

Because Swedish forms compounds very freely. What English often writes as two words, Swedish often writes as one.

• startavgift = start
  • avgift = start fee
• månadsavgift = månad
  • avgift = monthly fee

Then each word gets -en added at the end to make it definite:

• startavgiften = the start fee
• månadsavgiften = the monthly fee

This is very normal in Swedish.

What does the ending -en mean in startavgiften and månadsavgiften?