Breakdown of Medspilleren starter på utkastfeltet.
Questions & Answers about Medspilleren starter på utkastfeltet.
Because -en makes the noun definite singular.
- medspiller = a teammate / a fellow player
- medspilleren = the teammate / the fellow player
Norwegian very often adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.
That ending shows that the noun is definite singular too, but this time for a neuter noun.
- et utkastfelt = a throw-in area / a starting area / the relevant field depending on context
- utkastfeltet = the throw-in area / the field
So in this sentence, both nouns are definite:
- medspilleren = the teammate
- utkastfeltet = the field/area
Because they belong to different grammatical genders.
- en medspiller → common gender → definite singular medspilleren
- et utkastfelt → neuter gender → definite singular utkastfeltet
This is a basic pattern in Norwegian:
- common gender: en bil → bilen
- neuter gender: et hus → huset
So the ending depends on the noun’s gender.