Dryckens

Dryckens is the genitive singular form of the Swedish noun dryck, meaning beverage or drink. It is used to indicate possession or a close association with a drink and is most common in written Swedish. The genitive is formed by adding the possessive suffix -s to the definite singular form of the noun: drycken becomes dryckens, as in dryckens smak (the drink’s taste) or dryckens etikett (the beverage’s label).

In practice, dryckens appears in descriptive or technical prose, such as menus, product labeling, recipes, and culinary writing, where a property is attributed directly to a specific beverage. It is not a separate lexical entry; rather, it is a grammatical form used to express possession. For plural references, the genitive is dryckernas (the drinks’), as in dryckernas färger (the drinks’ colors).

Usage notes: in everyday speech, speakers often prefer expressions like av drycken or smaken på drycken to convey possession or attribution, rather than the formal dryckens construction. Dryckens can therefore appear more frequently in formal writing, branding, or scholarly contexts.

See also: dryck, Svenska grammatik, possessive forms.