"The short stories were unbelievably bad."

Translation: Novellene var utrolig dårlige.

[user_ken]

Can someone explain to me "utrolig" takes the singular and "darlige" the plural in this case? Thanks!

[Leny.Philippesen]

Because utrolig doesn't work as an adjective here

[m.g.doyle]

"utrolig" is modifying an adjective, so it's an adverb. Adverbs can be formed from the neuter form of the adjective, some of which do not end in "t" (e.g, those ending in -ig, billig, utrolig, etc.).

[oulenz]

In English, German and Dutch short stories and novellas are not the same. Does that distinction not exist in Norwegian?

[Deliciae]

'Novelle' is a wide (and vague) genre in Norway, which indeed covers both what you would call short stories and novellas. It pretty much covers any fictional prose shorter than a 'roman' (novel) which doesn't fit into a more narrow genre such as 'eventyr' (fairy tales).

Store norske leksikon entry on 'novelle'. (in Norwegian)

[TheSnowKing]

It isn't like novellas are well-defined in English either, but I'd say the upper limit on a short story is 50 pages, at which point it becomes a novella until you reach about 200 pages.