Breakdown of Håndleddsstøtten brukes sammen med underarmsstøtten.
med
with
sammen
together
bruke
to use
håndleddsstøtten
the wrist support
Questions & Answers about Håndleddsstøtten brukes sammen med underarmsstøtten.
How do you break down Håndleddsstøtten and underarmsstøtten?
Both are compound nouns, which are very common in Norwegian.
- håndledd = wrist
- støtte = support
So:
- håndleddsstøtte = wrist support
- håndleddsstøtten = the wrist support
And:
- underarm = forearm
- støtte = support
So:
- underarmsstøtte = forearm support
- underarmsstøtten = the forearm support
A useful rule: in Norwegian, long nouns are often built by joining smaller nouns together.
Why do both nouns end in -en?
Because -en is the definite singular ending for many masculine nouns.
- en støtte = a support
- støtten = the support
In a compound noun, the last part is the main noun, and that is the part that takes the definite ending:
- håndleddsstøtte = wrist support
håndleddsstøtten = the wrist support
- underarmsstøtte = forearm support
- underarmsstøtten = the forearm support
So Norwegian usually does not need a separate word for the in cases like this.
Why is there an -s- in håndleddsstøtten and underarmsstøtten?