Breakdown of Bevegelsesuskarpheten øker med lang lukkertid.
med
with
lang
long
øke
to increase
lukkertiden
the shutter speed
Questions & Answers about Bevegelsesuskarpheten øker med lang lukkertid.
Why is bevegelsesuskarpheten written as one long word?
Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as one word.
This word can be broken down like this:
- bevegelse = movement
- linking -s-
- uskarphet = unsharpness / blur
- -en = the definite singular ending
So bevegelsesuskarpheten is literally something like the movement-blur, which in natural English is the motion blur.
This is very normal in Norwegian. Where English often uses separate words, Norwegian often combines them:
- kamerahus
- bildekvalitet
- lukkertid
What is the -s- doing in bevegelsesuskarpheten?
That -s- is a linking sound/letter used in many Norwegian compounds. It does not mean possession here.
So this is not like English movement’s blur. It is just the normal way some compounds are formed.
You will see this in many words, for example:
- arbeidsdag = workday
- livsglede = joy of life
- bevegelsesuskarphet = motion blur
Unfortunately, there is not always a simple rule for when the linking -s- appears, so learners often just need to get used to common compounds one by one.