antallet

Antallet is a noun used in Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, and Swedish to denote the quantity or number of items in a set. It corresponds to the English "the number" or "the amount." The base forms are antall (Norwegian) and antal (Danish and Swedish), while the definite singular forms are antallet in Norwegian and Danish and antalet in Swedish.

Usage: It is used to express quantity and to introduce counts, often with av to specify what is counted: "antallet av studenter" (the number of students). It also combines with adjectives to describe size, such as "ett stort antal" (a large number) or "ett litet antal" (a small number).

Examples: Norwegian: Antallet av studenter har økt. Danish: Antallet af studerende er steget. Swedish: Antalet deltagare var fler än väntat.

Form and style: Antallet is a common, countable noun used in both everyday language and formal statistics or research. It forms the definite singular by adding a suffix (-et) to the base noun (antall in Norwegian, antal in Danish and Swedish), producing antallet or antalet as the standard definite form. The term collaborates with numeric expressions and descriptive modifiers in a wide range of contexts, from casual conversation to government reports.