Hyresgästen betalade depositionen.

to pay

Breakdown of Hyresgästen betalade depositionen.

• hyresgästen: the tenant
• depositionen: the security deposit

Questions & Answers about Hyresgästen betalade depositionen.

Why is hyresgäst written as one word?

Because Swedish normally writes compound nouns as a single word.

Hyresgäst is made up of:

• hyres- = rental / rent-related
• gäst = guest

Together, the compound means tenant. This is very common in Swedish, so English-style spacing is usually not used for compounds.

Why is there no separate word for the?

In Swedish, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun.

So:

• hyresgäst → hyresgästen
• deposition → depositionen

Both of these are en-words in Swedish, so their definite singular form ends in -en.

That means:

• hyresgästen = the tenant
• depositionen = the deposit

What are the basic dictionary forms of the nouns?

The dictionary forms are:

• hyresgäst
• deposition

The forms in the sentence are definite singular:

• hyresgästen
• depositionen

So if you look them up in a dictionary, you would usually search for the forms without -en.

What tense is betalade?