Breakdown of Pinnestørrelsen passer til garnkvaliteten.
passe
to fit
til
for/to
pinnestørrelsen
the needle size
garnkvaliteten
the yarn quality
Questions & Answers about Pinnestørrelsen passer til garnkvaliteten.
Why is pinnestørrelsen one long word?
Because Norwegian often makes compound nouns by joining words together.
- pinne = needle
- størrelse = size
So pinnestørrelse means needle size.
Then the ending -n makes it definite:
- en pinnestørrelse = a needle size
- pinnestørrelsen = the needle size
This is very common in Norwegian. English often uses separate words where Norwegian prefers one compound word.
What exactly does pinnestørrelsen mean here? Is pinne always needle?
In this context, pinne refers to a knitting needle, so pinnestørrelsen means the needle size.
The word pinne can also mean stick or rod in other contexts, but with garn and knitting vocabulary, it clearly means a knitting needle.
Why does garnkvaliteten also have -en at the end?
For the same reason: it is a definite noun.
- en garnkvalitet = a yarn quality / a type of yarn quality
- garnkvaliteten = the yarn quality
So both main nouns in the sentence are definite:
- pinnestørrelsen = the needle size
- garnkvaliteten = the yarn quality
Norwegian often uses the definite form where English might also say the.