Bältets

Bältets is a Swedish genitive form used to express possession for the noun bälte, which means belt. The form translates to “the belt’s” or “of the belt” in English. It is formed by taking the definite singular form bältet and adding the possessive suffix -s, producing bältets.

In usage, bältets is placed before a noun indicating what belongs to the belt, for example: bältets färg (the belt’s color) and bältets spänne (the belt’s buckle). The construction is standard in Swedish when referring to a singular, definite noun’s ownership or relation to another element. For plural ownership, Swedish uses a different possessive construction, such as bältenas färger (the belts’ colors).

The noun bälte is neuter in gender, and its definite form is bältet. The possessive suffix -s attaches to that definite form to indicate possession. This pattern is common across Swedish, where the genitive is typically formed with -s, and the definite form of the noun is often involved in the combination.

Etymology: bälte derives from a Germanic root related to the concept of a belt, with -s as the possessive suffix used in Swedish to mark possession. The bältets form is a standard example of how Swedish handles the genitive for definite singular nouns.

See also: bälte, Swedish grammar, genitive case, possessive constructions in Swedish.