Budsjettets

Budsjettets is the Norwegian genitive form meaning “the budget’s,” used to indicate something that belongs to or concerns the budget. It functions as a determiner before a noun, for example budsjetttets størrelse (the size of the budget) or budsjettsets prioriteringer.

The noun budsjett comes from the English word budget and is used in Norwegian to refer to a plan for expected income and expenditures over a period, typically a fiscal year. In Bokmål, the definite singular is budsjetttet, and the possessive form budsjetts is used to express ownership or relation, as in budsjetttets innhold (the contents of the budget). The plural possessive would be budsjettenes (the budgets’).

Budsjettets is widely used in government, public administration, journalism, and academic writing. It appears in discussions of public finance to describe aspects that pertain to a specific budget, such as budsjet stoets innhold, budsjetttets rammer, or budsjetttets finansiering. In political contexts, it often accompanies references to changes, priorities, or impacts tied to a particular year’s budget.

In practice, the term is most common in formal or semi-formal Norwegian texts. It helps specify that a statement relates to the budget itself rather than to general financial matters. Related concepts include budsjettprosessen (the budget process), budsjettvedtak (budget decision), and budsjettbalanse (budget balance).