Breakdown of Metadataene støtter bildeteksten.
Questions & Answers about Metadataene støtter bildeteksten.
Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.
- metadataene = the metadata
- bildeteksten = the caption
So the idea of the is already built into those endings.
A separate article can appear when there is an adjective:
- bildeteksten = the caption
- den lange bildeteksten = the long caption
Metadataene means the metadata.
Grammatically, it is the definite form of metadata. With technical words like data and metadata, Norwegian often uses the bare form metadata as an indefinite/general form, and metadataene when talking about a specific set of metadata.
So here, metadataene does not mean metadata in general. It means the particular metadata we are talking about.
The ending -ene marks a definite plural form in Norwegian.
That is why metadataene means the metadata rather than just metadata.
For many learners, this feels unusual because English often treats metadata as an uncountable technical word. Norwegian can also treat it somewhat collectively, but metadataene is a normal way to refer to a specific body/set of metadata.