Befruktningens

Befruktningens is a Swedish genitive form derived from bef ruktning, the noun for fertilization. It signals possession or association with fertilization and is used to connect fertilization with another noun in a phrase, for example bef ruktningens tid (the time of fertilization) or bef ruktningens mekanismer (the fertilization’s mechanisms).

In Swedish grammar, the genitive possessive is typically formed by adding -ens to the definite form of the noun. Thus bef ruktningen (the fertilization) becomes bef ruktningens when indicating something related to fertilization. The indefinite form bef ruktning remains the base noun, while bef ruktningen is the definite form used in combination with possessive -s to convey belonging or association.

Biologically, fertilization refers to the process by which a male gamete (sperm) fuses with a female gamete (egg) to form a zygote, initiating sexual reproduction. While bef ruktningens is not a standalone scientific term, it appears in Swedish texts when discussing aspects of fertilization in relation to development, physiology, or reproductive biology.

Usage of bef ruktningens occurs primarily in formal or academic Swedish, including biology textbooks, research articles, and legal or ethical discussions about reproduction. It is one example of how Swedish forms the possessive to relate a property or event to fertilization without introducing a new lexical item.

See also: Befruktning, Genitiv (grammatik), Zygot.