Plantenæringen reduserer næringsmangelen.

to reduce

Breakdown of Plantenæringen reduserer næringsmangelen.

• plantenæringen: the plant food
• næringsmangelen: the nutrient deficiency

Questions & Answers about Plantenæringen reduserer næringsmangelen.

Why are plantenæringen and næringsmangelen written as one word each?

Because Norwegian very often makes compound nouns by joining words together.

• plante
  • næring → plantenæring = plant nutrition / plant nourishment
• næring
  • mangel → næringsmangel = nutrient deficiency / lack of nutrients

Then each compound has a definite ending added:

• plantenæringen = the plant nutrition
• næringsmangelen = the nutrient deficiency

This is very common in Norwegian. Where English may use several separate words, Norwegian often prefers one compound word.

Why do these words end in -en?

The ending -en is the usual definite singular ending for many masculine nouns in Bokmål.

So:

• en plantenæring = a plant nutrient / plant nutrition
• plantenæringen = the plant nutrient / the plant nutrition

and

• en næringsmangel = a nutrient deficiency
• næringsmangelen = the nutrient deficiency

In Norwegian, the definite article is often attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word like the in English.

Why is there no separate word for the in this sentence?