Lecakulene holder plantejorden over dreneringshullet.

Lecakulene means the LECA balls or the clay pebbles.

It can be broken down like this:

• Leca = a name commonly used for lightweight expanded clay
• kule = ball
• -ne = the definite plural ending, so the

So lecakulene literally means the Leca balls.

Because Norwegian usually puts definiteness on the end of the noun instead of using a separate article like English does.

In this sentence:

• lecakulene = the clay pebbles
• plantejorden = the potting soil
• dreneringshullet = the drainage hole

The endings are doing the job of English the:

• -ene = definite plural
• -en = definite singular for many common-gender nouns
• -et = definite singular for neuter nouns

So Norwegian often packs the into the noun itself.

Holder is the present tense of å holde.

In this sentence, holder does not just mean hold in the hand. It has a broader meaning, closer to:

• keep
• hold back
• prevent from falling through

So the idea is that the clay pebbles keep the potting soil from going down into or through the drainage hole.

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as one word.

Here:

• plante = plant
• jord = soil/earth
• plantejord = potting soil / planting soil
• plantejorden = the potting soil

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

It is another compound noun:

• drenering = drainage
• hull = hole
• dreneringshull = drainage hole
• dreneringshullet = the drainage hole

The s is a linking sound/letter used in many Norwegian compounds. It is often called a linking s. It is not a possessive apostrophe like in English.

So dreneringshull does not mean drainage's hole. It is just the normal compound form.

Over means over or above.

In this context, it means that the potting soil stays above the drainage hole instead of falling into it or through it. It describes position.

So over dreneringshullet means something like:

• above the drainage hole
• over the drainage hole
• on top of the drainage hole area

The exact English wording can vary, but the Norwegian preposition is very natural here.

Because the sentence is talking about specific things in a known situation:

• the clay pebbles being used
• the soil in the pot
• the drainage hole in that pot

Norwegian often uses definite forms when the objects are understood from context. That is similar to English using the, but Norwegian shows it with endings on the nouns.

So the sentence sounds like it is describing a particular setup, not speaking in a fully general or abstract way.

The sentence follows a very common Norwegian pattern:

• Lecakulene = subject
• holder = verb
• plantejorden = object
• over dreneringshullet = prepositional phrase

So the structure is:

Subject + verb + object + place/location phrase

This is normal main-clause word order in Norwegian. The finite verb comes early in the sentence, and here it is in the second position.

A more indefinite version could be:

Lecakuler holder plantejord over et dreneringshull.

That would mean something like LECA balls keep potting soil above a drainage hole.

Compare the forms:

• lecakulene = the LECA balls

• lecakuler = LECA balls

• plantejorden = the potting soil

• plantejord = potting soil

• dreneringshullet = the drainage hole
• et dreneringshull = a drainage hole

The original sentence sounds more specific and concrete.