Backhandkastet flyr over fairwayen.

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Breakdown of Backhandkastet flyr over fairwayen.

• fly: to fly
• fairwayen: the fairway in disc golf
• backhandkastet: the backhand throw

Questions & Answers about Backhandkastet flyr over fairwayen.

Why is backhandkastet written as one long word?

Because Norwegian, like German, often makes compound nouns by joining words together.

• backhand = backhand
• kast = throw
• backhandkast = backhand throw
• backhandkastet = the backhand throw

So what English writes as the backhand throw, Norwegian can express as a single compound noun with a definite ending.

Why does backhandkastet end in -et?

The ending -et is the definite article attached to the noun.

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

Here the head noun is kast:

• et kast = a throw
• kastet = the throw

Since backhandkast ends in kast, the whole compound follows the same pattern:

• et backhandkast = a backhand throw
• backhandkastet = the backhand throw

Also, kast is a neuter noun, which is why the definite ending is -et.

Why isn’t there a separate word for the before backhandkastet?