Bowlingkjeglen teller med i kjeglefallet.

The bowling pin counts toward the pinfall on one ball.

Breakdown of Bowlingkjeglen teller med i kjeglefallet.

• med: with
• i: in
• telle: to count
• bowlingkjeglen: the bowling pin

Questions & Answers about Bowlingkjeglen teller med i kjeglefallet.

Why is bowlingkjeglen written as one word?

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

• bowlingkjegle = bowling
  • kjegle
• together they mean bowling pin

This is much more natural in Norwegian than writing two separate words. English often uses noun + noun combinations with a space, but Norwegian usually joins them into one word.

So:

• bowling pin → bowlingkjegle
• the bowling pin → bowlingkjeglen

Why does bowlingkjeglen mean the bowling pin without a separate word for the?

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun.

For example:

• en kjegle = a pin
• kjeglen = the pin

With a compound noun, the definite ending goes on the last part of the compound:

• bowlingkjegle = a bowling pin
• bowlingkjeglen = the bowling pin

So Norwegian does not need a separate word like English the here.

What does teller med mean?