Resultatskjermen viser en tomrute.

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Breakdown of Resultatskjermen viser en tomrute.

• en: an
• resultatskjermen: the score display
• tomruten: the open frame

Questions & Answers about Resultatskjermen viser en tomrute.

Why is Resultatskjermen written as one word?

Because Norwegian usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

Here, Resultatskjermen is built from:

• resultat = result
• skjerm = screen

So resultatskjerm means results screen, and then -en is added to make it definite: the results screen.

This is very normal in Norwegian. Where English often uses two words, Norwegian often prefers one compound word.

What is the -s- doing in Resultatskjermen?

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

So this is not like English the screen of the result. It is simply the standard compound form:

• resultat
• resultat + s + skjerm
• resultatskjerm

This linking -s- appears in many Norwegian compound words, but not all of them. You often just have to learn which compounds use it.

Why does the word end in -en?