maten is the masculine singular definite of mat.

matN

Kven

ruokaN

Norwegian Bokmål – Kvendict-nob-fkv/src/N_nobfkv.xml:62889Edit on GitHub Suggest

1biebmuN; borramušN

2(kokt mat)málisN; mállásatN

Norsk-nordsamisk ordbokdict-nob-sme/src/N_nobsme.xml:22739Edit on GitHub Suggest

Case	Sg	Pl
Indef	mat	mater
Def	maten	matene