Baklokket dekker urverket.

The case back covers the movement.

Breakdown of Baklokket dekker urverket.

• dekke: to cover
• urverket: the watch movement
• baklokket: the case back

Questions & Answers about Baklokket dekker urverket.

Why are baklokket and urverket written as one word each?

Because Norwegian uses compound nouns very freely, often more than English does.

• baklokket = bak
  • lokk
    • -et
• urverket = ur
  • verk
    • -et

So instead of writing something like back cover as two words, Norwegian often makes one compound noun. This is very normal and important to get used to.

Why do both nouns end in -et?

The ending -et here is the definite article for singular neuter nouns.

So:

• et baklokk = a back cover
• baklokket = the back cover

and

• et urverk = a movement / a mechanism
• urverket = the movement

This is one of the biggest differences from English: Norwegian usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

Why is there no separate word for the?