Striken gir høyt pinnefall.

to give

Breakdown of Striken gir høyt pinnefall.

• høy: high
• pinnefallet: the calculated pin total
• striken: the strike

Questions & Answers about Striken gir høyt pinnefall.

Why is it striken and not just strike?

Because striken is the definite singular form of the noun strike.

In Norwegian, definiteness is usually added to the end of the noun:

• en strike = a strike
• striken = the strike

So the -en ending is doing the job that the does in English.

Is strike actually a Norwegian word here?

Yes. In bowling, strike is a common loanword in Norwegian. Even though it originally comes from English, it behaves like a Norwegian noun in the sentence.

In Bokmål, it is normally treated as a noun like en strike, and then it can take Norwegian endings such as -en in striken.

Why is the verb gir?

Gir is the present tense of å gi, which means to give.

So:

• å gi = to give
• gir = gives / gives rise to / produces

In this sentence, gir is being used in the sense of produces or results in.

Also, Norwegian verbs do not change according to the subject the way English verbs do. You use gir with jeg, du, han, vi, and so on.

What does mean as a word?