Bildenes

Bildenes is the genitive plural form of the noun bilde (image) in Norwegian, and it also appears in other Scandinavian languages as the possessive form of the pictures. It literally translates to “the pictures’” and is used to indicate ownership or association with multiple images. The form is typically encountered in written language—academic, journalistic, or descriptive texts—where the referent is clear: for example, bildenes opprinnelse (the origin of the pictures) or bildenes betydning (the significance of the pictures). It is not a distinct concept or proper noun by itself, but a grammatical construction.

In Norwegian, bildenes is used to attribute qualities, origin, or context to a set of images. It is common in discussions of photography, art, or media studies, where authors examine aspects related to a collection of images rather than a single one. The usage may appear in captions, titles, or analyses that involve more than one image.

Equivalents in related languages include Danish billedernes and Swedish bildernas, which serve the same grammatical function for their respective nouns. These forms reflect a shared linguistic heritage across the Scandinavian language family, where genitive and possessive constructions link a noun to descriptors or qualifiers.

Notes: In everyday speech, possessive constructions may be expressed in other ways, but bildenes appears regularly in formal or written Norwegian to denote the relationship to multiple images.