The Secret Life of “Det”: Why Norwegian Needs a Subject Even When Nothing Exists
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The Secret Life of “Det”: Why Norwegian Needs a Subject Even When Nothing Exists

Before you learn your first verbs in Norwegian, you meet a tiny word that everyone recognizes and almost no one understands.Det. Students translate it as “it,” […]

Timur Timur
07.12.2025 6 min read

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