arbeidene

Arbeidene is the definite plural form of the Norwegian noun arbeid, meaning work or labor. It is used in Bokmål and Nynorsk to refer to tasks, duties, or productions that belong to a larger effort. In everyday speech, arbeid refers to work in general, while arbeidene specifies a defined set of tasks or a collection of works. The term can denote practical labor as well as completed or produced works, such as building projects, scholarly or artistic productions, or the collective efforts of a group.

Grammar and form: The plural definite suffix -ene is added to arbeid to form arbeidene. This form is common in formal writing, project documentation, and historical texts. Because arbeid is often treated as an uncountable noun, the definite plural arbeidene tends to appear when emphasizing a particular set of tasks or a corpus of works rather than individual, separate items.

Contexts and usage: In a construction project, one might refer to "arbeidene i anlegget" to mean the works carried out. In an academic or cultural context, a museum or library might catalog "arbeidene til forfatteren" to denote the author’s works. The term thus spans practical labor and produced content, depending on context.

See also: arbeid, verk, prosjektledelse.