Fairwayen slutter ved diskgolfkurven.

Because Norwegian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

• fairway = fairway / a fairway
• fairwayen = the fairway

So -en here means the.

This is very common in Norwegian:

• en bil = a car
• bilen = the car

In this sentence, fairwayen refers to a specific fairway, so the definite form is used.

In Norwegian, the is often attached to the noun instead of being a separate word.

So:

• the fairway → fairwayen
• the disc golf basket → diskgolfkurven

English uses a separate article; Norwegian often uses a suffix.

You can think of it like this:

• English: the + noun
• Norwegian: noun + definite ending

Slutter is the present tense of å slutte.

In this sentence, it means ends or comes to an end.

So:

• å slutte = to end / to stop
• slutter = ends / stops

Here it does not mean that someone is quitting something. It means the fairway reaches its endpoint.

Because Norwegian normally writes compound nouns as one word.

So:

• diskgolf = disc golf
• kurv = basket
• diskgolfkurven = the disc golf basket

This is very typical in Norwegian. Where English often uses two or more separate words, Norwegian often combines them:

• coffee cup → kaffekopp
• school bus → skolebuss
• disc golf basket → diskgolfkurv

Then the definite ending is added:

• diskgolfkurv = a disc golf basket
• diskgolfkurven = the disc golf basket

Ved usually means by, near, or at depending on context.

In Fairwayen slutter ved diskgolfkurven, it means something like:

• at the disc golf basket
• by the disc golf basket
• near the disc golf basket

It marks the location where the fairway ends.

So although English might sometimes prefer at, Norwegian naturally uses ved here.

The word order is very straightforward:

• Fairwayen = subject
• slutter = verb
• ved diskgolfkurven = prepositional phrase showing location

So the pattern is:

Subject + Verb + Location

That is a very normal Norwegian sentence structure.

Both nouns here are treated as common gender nouns in Bokmål, which often take:

• en in the indefinite singular
• -en in the definite singular

So:

• en fairway → fairwayen
• en kurv → kurven

In the compound diskgolfkurven, the main word is kurv, and that determines the gender of the whole compound.

A useful rule is: in compounds, the last part is usually the main noun.

It is basically an English loanword used in Norwegian, especially in sports contexts like golf and disc golf.

Norwegian often keeps international sports terms, then adds Norwegian grammar to them. That is why you get:

• fairway
• fairwayen
• possibly fairwayer in plural, depending on usage

So even though the root looks English, the sentence is still grammatically Norwegian.

Yes, in many contexts ender could also work.

• Fairwayen slutter ved diskgolfkurven
• Fairwayen ender ved diskgolfkurven

Both can mean that the fairway reaches its end there.

However, slutter is perfectly natural. Learners should mainly notice that Norwegian often uses verbs like slutte and ende in ways similar to English stop and end, depending on context.

A good way to break it down is:

• Fairwayen = the fairway
• slutter = ends
• ved = at / by / near
• diskgolfkurven = the disc golf basket

So the full structure is:

The fairway + ends + at/by the disc golf basket

That is often the easiest way to read Norwegian sentences: identify the noun, the verb, and then the prepositional phrase.