Skibindingen holder skiskoen på plass.

to hold

Breakdown of Skibindingen holder skiskoen på plass.

• på plass: in place
• skibindingen: the ski binding
• skiskoene: the ski boots

Questions & Answers about Skibindingen holder skiskoen på plass.

Why are skibindingen and skiskoen written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as one word.

• skibindingen = ski
  • bindingen
• skiskoen = ski
  • skoen

The last part is the main noun, so:

• a skibinding is a kind of binding
• a skisko is a kind of shoe/boot

This is very normal in Norwegian. English sometimes writes similar things as two words, but Norwegian much more often joins them.

Why do both nouns end in -en?

The ending -en marks the definite singular form, like the in English.

So:

• en skibinding = a ski binding
• skibindingen = the ski binding

and

• en skisko = a ski boot
• skiskoen = the ski boot

So the sentence uses definite nouns because it is talking about the binding and the boot, not just any binding or boot.

Why is there no separate word for the?