How to use the definite article in Norwegian

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The Norwegian definite article

The definite article is what we call the word 'the' in English. The definite article is used with nouns. A unique feature of Norwegian is that, unlike English, the definite article comes after the noun as a suffix. The English definite article 'the' has different forms in Norwegian depending on whether the word to which it belongs is masculine, feminine or neuter. The definite article for masculine words is '-en'. For feminine words, it is '-a' and for neuter words it is '-et'.

Examples

broren

the brother

gutten

the boy

personen

the person

døra

the door

dagen

the day

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Step 4 : The definite article in Norwegian

The definite article is what we call the word the in English. The definite article is used with nouns. Using the nouns bok, stol and dør (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn how to use the definite article with each of the nouns. The nouns together with the definite article are boken, stolen and døren (the book, the chair, the door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the definite article in Norwegian including useful examples. Once you have learned to use the definite article with the Norwegian nouns bok, stol and dør, you're ready to move on to Step 5 (the plural in Norwegian).

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