Samklangen gjør korsangen varm.

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Breakdown of Samklangen gjør korsangen varm.

• gjøre: to make (to cause)
• korsangen: the choral singing
• samklangen: the ensemble blend

Questions & Answers about Samklangen gjør korsangen varm.

What does samklangen mean here?

Samklangen comes from samklang, which means something like harmony, blend, resonance, or the way sounds fit well together.

In this sentence, it most naturally refers to the pleasing combined sound of voices singing together. So it is not just harmony in a technical music-theory sense, but also the overall blended sound.

The ending -en makes it definite:

• samklang = harmony / blend
• samklangen = the harmony / the blend

What does korsangen mean exactly?

Korsangen is a compound noun:

• kor = choir
• sang = song / singing

So korsang means choral singing, choir singing, or sometimes choir song, depending on context.

Here, korsangen most likely means the choral singing or the choir sound/performance.

Again, -en makes it definite:

• korsang = choral singing
• korsangen = the choral singing

Why do both nouns end in -en?