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Norwegian common nouns undergo two types of inflection: for number, and for definiteness. The inflection for number reflects a distinction singular vs. plural, and resides in a suffix for plural vs. no marking for singular. The inflection for definiteness reflects a distinction ‘definite’ vs. ‘indefinite’, and resides in a suffix marking definiteness vs. no marking in the case of indefiniteness. When a noun  is both definite and in plural, this is marked by a single suffix expressing the two values in combination. There are thus four possible forms of a common noun in Norwegian:
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No inflection, signifying ‘indefinite singular’
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Single suffix for Plural,  signifying ‘indefinite plural’
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Single suffix for Definite, signifying ‘definite singular’
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Single suffix for Definite Plural, signifying ‘definite plural’.

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The Noun


Norwegian common nouns undergo two types of inflection: for number, and for definiteness. The inflection for number reflects a distinction singular vs. plural, and resides in a suffix for plural vs. no marking for singular. The inflection for definiteness reflects a distinction ‘definite’ vs. ‘indefinite’, and resides in a suffix marking definiteness vs. no marking in the case of indefiniteness. When a noun is both definite and in plural, this is marked by a single suffix expressing the two values in combination. There are thus four possible forms of a common noun in Norwegian:

No inflection, signifying ‘indefinite singular’ Single suffix for Plural, signifying ‘indefinite plural’ Single suffix for Definite, signifying ‘definite singular’ Single suffix for Definite Plural, signifying ‘definite plural’.