Pulssonen sammenlignes med makspulsen.

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Breakdown of Pulssonen sammenlignes med makspulsen.

• sammenligne: to compare
• pulssonen: the heart-rate zone
• makspulsen: the maximum heart rate

Questions & Answers about Pulssonen sammenlignes med makspulsen.

Why do pulssonen and makspulsen both end in -en?

Because both nouns are in the definite singular form.

• en pulssone = a pulse zone / a heart-rate zone

• pulssonen = the pulse zone

• en makspuls = a maximum pulse / max heart rate
• makspulsen = the maximum pulse / the max heart rate

In Norwegian, many masculine and feminine nouns in Bokmål often take -en in the definite singular.

What does sammenlignes mean, and why does it end in -s?

Sammenlignes means is compared.

The -s ending here marks a passive form in Norwegian. So:

• å sammenligne = to compare
• sammenligner = compares / is comparing
• sammenlignes = is compared / are compared

So the sentence literally works like:

• Pulssonen sammenlignes med makspulsen.
• The pulse zone is compared with the max heart rate.

This -s passive is very common in Norwegian, especially in factual, formal, or instructional language.

Could this sentence also be said in an active way instead of the passive?