Spruttrekket åpnes etter velten.

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Breakdown of Spruttrekket åpnes etter velten.

• åpne: to open
• spruttrekket: the spray skirt
• velten: the capsize

Questions & Answers about Spruttrekket åpnes etter velten.

Why is spruttrekket written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

Here, spruttrekk is made from:

• sprut = spray, splash
• trekk = cover

So spruttrekk is a kind of spray cover / spraydeck / spray skirt.

This is very normal in Norwegian. Where English often uses two words, Norwegian often prefers one compound word.

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Why does spruttrekket end in -et?

The ending -et shows that the noun is:

• singular
• definite
• neuter

The base noun is et spruttrekk = a spraydeck / a spray skirt.

So:

• et spruttrekk = a spraydeck
• spruttrekket = the spraydeck

That final ending does the job that the does in English.

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Why is there no separate word for the in the sentence?

Because Norwegian usually adds definiteness to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

So:

• spruttrekket = the spraydeck
• velten = the capsize / the tip-over

This is one of the biggest differences from English. English says the before the noun; Norwegian often puts the definite marker on the noun itself.

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