Genstandens

Genstandens is the Danish possessive form of the noun genstand, meaning “the object's” or “of the object.” Genstand denotes an object, item, or thing and can refer to concrete objects as well as more abstract entities in philosophical or analytical writing. The basic singular forms are genstand (the object) and genstandens (the object’s). The plural form of genstand is genstande, and the possessive plural is genstandenes, used to indicate something belonging to several objects.

In use, genstandens is found in phrases that describe a property or aspect belonging to a single object. Examples include genstandens pris (the object's price) or genstandens udseende (the object's appearance). Genstandenes is used similarly when referring to properties of multiple objects, as in genstandenes egenskaber (the objects’ properties).

The term also appears in philosophical and scholarly contexts. Genstand is the Danish equivalent of the German Gegenstand and the English “object,” used to denote the focus of perception, thought, or inquiry. In such discourse, genstandens would serve as the possessive form in describing features or relations pertaining to the object of study.

Overall, genstandens functions as a standard grammatical tool in Danish for indicating possession related to the noun genstand, reflecting the language’s approach to subject‑noun relationships in both everyday and formal contexts. See also genstand and genitiv for related linguistic concepts.