Hagehansken er våt.

to be

Breakdown of Hagehansken er våt.

• våt: wet
• hagehansken: the gardening glove

Questions & Answers about Hagehansken er våt.

Why is hagehansken written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

• hage = garden
• hanske = glove

Together, hagehanske means garden glove or more naturally gardening glove.

Then Norwegian adds the definite ending to the whole compound:

• en hagehanske = a gardening glove
• hagehansken = the gardening glove

Why is there no separate word for the?

In Norwegian, the definite article is often attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word.

So:

• en hanske = a glove
• hansken = the glove

And with the compound:

• en hagehanske = a gardening glove
• hagehansken = the gardening glove

So -en is doing the job that the does in English.

What is the basic dictionary form of hagehansken?

The basic form is en hagehanske.

Here are the most useful forms:

• en hagehanske = a gardening glove
• hagehansken = the gardening glove
• hagehansker = gardening gloves
• hagehanskene = the gardening gloves

So if you look the word up, you would usually look for hagehanske.

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