Fairwaydriveren brukes på fairwayen.

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Breakdown of Fairwaydriveren brukes på fairwayen.

• bruke: to use
• fairwayen: the fairway in disc golf
• fairwaydriveren: the fairway driver disc

Questions & Answers about Fairwaydriveren brukes på fairwayen.

Why do both fairwaydriveren and fairwayen end in -en?

Because -en is the definite singular ending for many Norwegian nouns of common gender.

So:

• en fairwaydriver = a fairway driver
• fairwaydriveren = the fairway driver

and

• en fairway = a fairway
• fairwayen = the fairway

Unlike English, Norwegian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of as a separate word in front.

Why is it brukes and not bruker?

Brukes is the passive form of bruke.

• bruker = uses / is using
• brukes = is used / gets used

So:

• Fairwaydriveren bruker ... would mean The fairway driver uses ..., which does not make sense here.
• Fairwaydriveren brukes ... means The fairway driver is used ...

This -s passive is very common in Norwegian.

Why is there no separate word for is, as in is used?