Stemmeomfanget er stort.

The vocal range is large.

Breakdown of Stemmeomfanget er stort.

• være: to be
• stor: large
• stemmeomfanget: the vocal range

Questions & Answers about Stemmeomfanget er stort.

Why is stemmeomfanget written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.
Stemmeomfanget can be broken down like this:

• stemme = voice
• omfang = range, extent
• -et = the definite ending for a neuter noun

So stemmeomfanget is literally the voice-range, i.e. the vocal range.

Why does stemmeomfanget end in -et?

The base noun is et stemmeomfang. That tells you it is a neuter noun.

For many neuter nouns, the singular definite form ends in -et:

• et hus → huset
• et stemmeomfang → stemmeomfanget

So stemmeomfanget means the vocal range or the voice range.

What is the dictionary form of stemmeomfanget?

The dictionary form is stemmeomfang.

If you look it up, you would normally find it under:

• et stemmeomfang = a vocal range

Then the sentence uses the definite form:

• stemmeomfanget = the vocal range

Why is it stort and not stor?