Ladekontaktene sitter på dokkingstasjonen.

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Breakdown of Ladekontaktene sitter på dokkingstasjonen.

• sitte: to sit
• dokkingstasjonen: the docking station
• ladekontaktene: the charging contacts

Questions & Answers about Ladekontaktene sitter på dokkingstasjonen.

What does ladekontaktene mean, and how is it built?

Ladekontaktene is a compound noun:

• lade = to charge
• kontakter = contacts
• ladekontakter = charging contacts
• ladekontaktene = the charging contacts

So the whole word means the charging contacts.

Norwegian very often builds long nouns this way, by combining smaller words into one compound.

Why does ladekontaktene end in -ene?

The ending -ene marks definite plural for many nouns in Bokmål.

Here is the pattern:

• en kontakt = a contact
• kontakter = contacts
• kontaktene = the contacts

The same idea applies inside the compound:

• ladekontakter = charging contacts
• ladekontaktene = the charging contacts

Unlike English, Norwegian usually puts the at the end of the noun as a suffix instead of as a separate word.

What does dokkingstasjonen mean, and why does it end in -en?