Breakdown of Omgangen slutter ved maskemarkøren.
Questions & Answers about Omgangen slutter ved maskemarkøren.
In this sentence, omgangen means the round in a knitting context. It refers to one full circuit of stitches when you are knitting in the round.
A learner might already know omgang from other contexts, where it can mean things like round, turn, or even social interaction/contact, but here the knitting meaning is the important one.
The ending -en shows that the noun is in the definite singular form.
- en omgang = a round
- omgangen = the round
Norwegian often adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the in English.
So Omgangen slutter ... literally corresponds to The round ends ...
Slutter is the present tense of the verb å slutte, which means to end or to stop.
Examples:
- omgangen slutter = the round ends
- arbeidet slutter klokka fem = the work ends at five
In Norwegian, the present tense is often formed by adding -r to the infinitive:
- å slutte → slutter
So this sentence is stating a general instruction or fact: the round ends at the stitch marker.