Breakdown of Innfatningen må passe til brilleglasset.
måtte
must
passe
to fit
til
for/to
innfatningen
the eyeglass frame
Questions & Answers about Innfatningen må passe til brilleglasset.
Why does innfatningen end in -en?
Because -en is the definite singular ending for many masculine nouns in Bokmål.
- innfatning = frame / setting / mounting
- innfatningen = the frame
So innfatningen means the frame.
A small extra point: although innfatning ends in -ing, which is often feminine, many such nouns can also be used as masculine in Bokmål. That is why you may see innfatningen. In some contexts, some speakers might also use a feminine form, but innfatningen is completely normal.
What exactly does innfatning mean here?
Here innfatning means the frame or mounting that holds the lens.
In ordinary glasses vocabulary, it refers to the part of the glasses that the lens goes into. Depending on context, English might translate it as:
- frame
- rim
- mounting
So in this sentence it is not a general decorative frame, but specifically the eyeglass frame part that has to fit the lens.
Why is it brilleglasset and not just glass?