Afsenderens

Afsenderens is the genitive form of the Danish noun afsender, meaning the sender. It denotes possession and is used to indicate something belonging to the sender, similar to the English “the sender’s.” The form is created by adding the possessive suffix -ens to the base noun, so afsender becomes afsenderens in the singular, and afsendernes in the plural (the senders’).

In practice, afsenderens is commonly found in postal and administrative contexts. It appears before a noun to specify the sender’s attribute or information, for example afsenderens navn (the sender’s name), afsenderens adresse (the sender’s address), or afsenderens oplysninger (the sender’s details). The possessive is written without an apostrophe in Danish, which distinguishes it from some orthographic conventions in English.

Etymologically, afsender is formed from af- (a prefix with various functions, including separation or creation of a role) and snder from the verb sende (to send); the genitive suffix -ens attaches to form a possessive. The construction is a standard feature of Danish grammar and does not alter the meaning beyond ownership. In formal or legal Danish, afsenderens may appear in phrases that specify responsibilities or rights of the sender, such as terms stated in correspondence or documents that reference the sender’s obligations.

Overall, afsenderens is a straightforward possessive inflection used to express “the sender’s” in written Danish.

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