Føringen påvirker følgingen.

to affect; influence

Breakdown of Føringen påvirker følgingen.

• føringen: the leading technique
• følgingen: the following technique

Questions & Answers about Føringen påvirker følgingen.

What part of speech are føringen and følgingen?

They are nouns.

More specifically:

• føring is a noun formed from å føre
• følging is a noun formed from å følge

In this sentence, both are being used as things/concepts, not as actions in verb form. So the structure is:

• føringen = the leading / the guidance / the lead
• følgingen = the following / the follow

The exact English wording depends on context.

Why do both words end in -en?

The ending -en is the definite singular ending for many Norwegian masculine nouns.

So:

• en føring = a leading / a guidance / a lead
• føringen = the leading / the guidance / the lead

and:

• en følging = a following
• følgingen = the following

Unlike English, Norwegian often puts the idea of the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.

Why is there no separate word for the?

Because in Norwegian, definiteness is usually built into the noun itself.

Compare:

• English: the lead
• Norwegian: føringen

That final -en is doing the job that the does in English.

So the sentence does not need separate words like the before the nouns.