Sømskaden gjør passformen dårlig.

to make (to cause)

Breakdown of Sømskaden gjør passformen dårlig.

• dårlig: bad
• passformen: the fit
• sømskaden: the seam damage

Questions & Answers about Sømskaden gjør passformen dårlig.

Why are sømskaden and passformen written as single words?

Because Norwegian forms compounds very freely, and they are usually written as one word.

• sømskade = søm
  • skade
• passform = pass
  • form

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

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Why do both nouns end in -en?

The ending -en marks the definite singular form for many common-gender nouns in Bokmål.

• en sømskade → sømskaden = the seam damage
• en passform → passformen = the fit

So the sentence is talking about a specific seam damage and a specific fit, not just seam damage or fit in general.

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What are the dictionary forms of sømskaden and passformen?

The dictionary forms are the indefinite singular forms:

• sømskade
• passform

That is how you would normally look them up in a dictionary.

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Why is gjør used here?