Nedkjølingen er farlig, og fremmedlegemet blokkerer luftveiene.

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Breakdown of Nedkjølingen er farlig, og fremmedlegemet blokkerer luftveiene.

• og: and
• farlig: dangerous
• blokkere: to block

Questions & Answers about Nedkjølingen er farlig, og fremmedlegemet blokkerer luftveiene.

Why do the nouns end in -en, -et, and -ene?

Those endings mark definiteness in Norwegian.

• nedkjøling → nedkjølingen = the hypothermia / the cooling
• fremmedlegeme → fremmedlegemet = the foreign body
• luftvei → luftveiene = the airways

So instead of putting a separate word like the in front, Norwegian often adds the definite ending to the noun itself.

• -en often marks definite singular for common-gender nouns
• -et often marks definite singular for neuter nouns
• -ene often marks definite plural

What are the dictionary forms of these nouns?

The basic forms are:

• en nedkjøling = a cooling, hypothermia
• et fremmedlegeme = a foreign body
• en luftvei = an airway

In the sentence, they appear in definite form:

• nedkjølingen
• fremmedlegemet
• luftveiene

This is the form you use when talking about a specific thing, not just the general concept.

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