Inntaksristen beskytter luftinntaket.

The intake grille protects the air intake.

Breakdown of Inntaksristen beskytter luftinntaket.

• beskytte: to protect
• luftinntaket: the air intake
• inntaksristen: the intake grille

Questions & Answers about Inntaksristen beskytter luftinntaket.

Why do inntaksristen and luftinntaket have endings instead of a separate word for the?

Because Norwegian usually marks definiteness on the noun itself.

In this sentence:

• inntaksristen = the intake grille
• luftinntaket = the air intake

The endings show the:

• en inntaksrist → inntaksristen
• et luftinntak → luftinntaket

So unlike English, Norwegian often does not need a separate article before the noun.

Why does one noun end in -en and the other in -et?

That depends on grammatical gender.

• en inntaksrist is a common-gender noun, so the definite singular form is inntaksristen
• et luftinntak is a neuter noun, so the definite singular form is luftinntaket

A very useful pattern in Bokmål is:

• common gender: en bil → bilen
• neuter: et hus → huset

So this sentence follows a normal noun pattern.

What are the dictionary forms of inntaksristen and luftinntaket?