Opptjene

Opptjene is a Norwegian verb meaning to earn, accrue or accumulate, commonly used about income, rights, benefits or points. The word is formed from opp (up) and tjene (to serve or earn), and is used in both everyday and formal contexts to describe the process by which someone acquires something over time.

In employment and personal finance, opptjene refers to earning wages, salary or interest. In social security and pension systems, opptjening denotes the accumulation of entitlement to benefits based on work, income or contributions; rules for opptjening determine eligibility and benefit levels. In commercial contexts such as loyalty programs, customers opptjener poeng (earn points) that can later be redeemed.

Grammatically, opptjene is a transitive verb: infinitive opptjene, present opptjener, past opptjente, past participle opptjent. Related nouns include opptjening (the act or process of earning) and opptjent (accrued, earned). Legal and accounting definitions of opptjene vary by jurisdiction and may have specific criteria for when earnings are recognized, how contributions are measured, and how accumulated rights are calculated.

The concept is central to discussions about labor rights, retirement planning, taxation and consumer rewards, where accurate tracking of what has been and will be opptjent affects financial planning and legal entitlements.