Questions & Answers about Flutningakassinn er tómur.
Because Icelandic very often builds new nouns by combining words into a single compound.
Here, flutningakassi is a compound:
- flutninga- relates to moving / transport
- kassi means box
So flutningakassi is a moving box. Then -inn is added to make it definite, giving flutningakassinn = the moving box.
This kind of compounding is extremely common in Icelandic.
-inn is the definite article attached to the end of the noun. In other words, it gives the meaning of the.
So:
- flutningakassi = a moving box or just moving box
- flutningakassinn = the moving box
Unlike English, Icelandic usually does not put a separate word before the noun for the. It often adds it to the noun instead.