Plantesprøyten fjerner bladlusen fra bladspissen.

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Breakdown of Plantesprøyten fjerner bladlusen fra bladspissen.

• fjerne: to remove
• bladlusen: the aphid
• bladspissen: the leaf tip

Questions & Answers about Plantesprøyten fjerner bladlusen fra bladspissen.

Why is plantesprøyten written as one word?

Because Norwegian very often forms compound nouns as a single word.

Here, plantesprøyten can be broken down like this:

• plante = plant
• sprøyte = spray / sprayer
• -n / -en = the definite ending

So Norwegian writes the idea as one unit, where English would often use two words: plant spray.

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What does the -s- in plantesprøyte mean?

That -s- is a linking sound/letter used in many Norwegian compounds. It does not mean possession here.

So plantesprøyte is not literally the plant’s spray. It is just the normal compound form for a spray connected with plants.

Norwegian compounds often use:

• no linker
• -e-
• -s-

and learners usually just have to get used to which form is standard for each word.

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Why do plantesprøyten, bladlusen, and bladspissen all end in -en?