spørringene

Spørringene is the definite plural form of the Norwegian noun spørring, which covers several related meanings centered on asking and inquiry. The term is used in ordinary language to refer to a set of questions in surveys, exams, or interviews, as well as to database or search queries in computing. In education and research, spørringene denotes the collection of questions posed to respondents or students; in information technology, the word commonly describes queries issued to a database or information system, for example SQL-spørringer.

Etymology and morphology: Spørring is derived from the verb spøre (to ask) with the noun-forming suffix -ing. The language distinguishes indefinite and definite plural forms: spørringer for the indefinite plural, and spørringene for the definite plural.

Usage notes: Spørringene can refer to the content of questions in a questionnaire or exam, to the act of querying in a technical context, or to a sequence of inquiries in investigative settings. The exact meaning is usually clear from the surrounding context, especially whether the focus is on the questions themselves or on the process of querying.

See also: Spørsmål (question), spørring in computing as a general term for a query, SQL-spørringer.