Fritidsfisket starter med fiskestangen.

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Breakdown of Fritidsfisket starter med fiskestangen.

• starte: to start
• fritidsfisket: recreational fishing
• fiskestangen: the fishing rod

Questions & Answers about Fritidsfisket starter med fiskestangen.

What is fritidsfisket made up of?

It is a compound noun:

• fritid = free time, leisure
• fiske = fishing

Together, fritidsfiske means recreational fishing / leisure fishing.

In the sentence, it appears as fritidsfisket, which is the definite singular form.

Why is there an -s- in fritidsfisket?

The -s- is a linking sound/letter often used in Norwegian compounds.

So:

• fritid
• • s
• • fiske
• = fritidsfiske

This -s- is not the English possessive 's. It is just a normal way of joining words in many Norwegian compounds.

Why is it fritidsfisket and not fritidsfiske?

Because fritidsfisket is the definite form.

Norwegian often uses the definite form in places where English uses a more general bare noun. So a sentence about an activity or field can sound natural with the definite form.

Very roughly:

• fritidsfiske = recreational fishing, as a general concept
• fritidsfisket = the recreational fishing / recreational fishing as the activity being discussed

In this sentence, the definite form sounds like the speaker is talking about the activity as a known whole.