Vi sammenligner rillestrikken med glattstrikken.

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Breakdown of Vi sammenligner rillestrikken med glattstrikken.

• med: with
• sammenligne: to compare
• glattstrikken: the stockinette stitch

Questions & Answers about Vi sammenligner rillestrikken med glattstrikken.

What form is sammenligner?

It is the present tense of å sammenligne, which means to compare.

So:

• å sammenligne = to compare
• sammenligner = compare / am comparing / is comparing / are comparing, depending on the subject

With vi, vi sammenligner means we compare or we are comparing.

Why do rillestrikken and glattstrikken end in -en?

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun. In Norwegian, you usually do not put a separate word for the in front of the noun the way you do in English.

So:

• rillestrikk = garter stitch
• rillestrikken = the garter stitch

and:

• glattstrikk = stockinette stitch
• glattstrikken = the stockinette stitch

So the sentence includes definiteness directly in the noun itself.

Why are rillestrikken and glattstrikken written as one word?

Because Norwegian normally writes compound nouns as a single word.

These words can be broken down like this:

• rille + strikk + en
• glatt + strikk + en

English often writes similar ideas as two words, such as garter stitch, but Norwegian usually combines them into one compound noun.