Innerpotten har et dreneringshull.

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Breakdown of Innerpotten har et dreneringshull.

• et: a
• innerpotten: the inner nursery pot
• dreneringshullet: the drainage hole

Questions & Answers about Innerpotten har et dreneringshull.

Why is innerpotten written as one word?

Because Norwegian, like English, often forms nouns by compounding smaller words into one larger word. Here:

• inner = inner
• potte = pot

So innerpotte is a compound noun meaning an inner pot or inner plant pot. In Norwegian, this is normally written as one word, not two.

In the sentence, it appears as innerpotten, which is the definite singular form: the inner pot.

What does the -en in innerpotten mean?

The -en is the definite ending for many masculine nouns in Norwegian. It works like English the attached to the end of the noun.

So:

• en innerpotte = an inner pot
• innerpotten = the inner pot

This is a very common feature in Norwegian: instead of always using a separate word like the, the noun often gets a definite ending.

Why is it har and not something like haves or a different form for it has?