Questions & Answers about Stiklingen har nye røtter.
What does stiklingen mean exactly?
Stiklingen means the cutting: a piece of a plant that has been cut off and is being grown so it develops roots and becomes a new plant.
So the base noun is en stikling = a cutting
and stiklingen = the cutting.
Why does stiklingen end in -en?
In Norwegian, the definite article is often added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word in front.
So:
- en stikling = a cutting
- stiklingen = the cutting
The ending -en is the common Bokmål definite singular ending for many masculine nouns.
Why isn’t there a separate word for the?
Because Norwegian usually expresses the by attaching an ending to the noun.
Compare:
- en rot = a root
- roten = the root
- en stikling = a cutting
- stiklingen = the cutting
A separate word like den can appear with adjectives in some structures, but in this sentence it is not needed.
Why is it har and not er?