Kåpornas

Kåpornas is the genitive plural form of the Swedish noun kåpa, which means hood, cover, or protective enclosure. The base word kåpa can refer to a hood worn with clothing, such as a cloak hood, or to a protective cover on machinery, equipment, or architectural elements. As a grammatical inflection, kåpornas marks possession by multiple hoods or covers, as in the phrase “kåpornas färger,” meaning “the colors of the hoods” or “the hoods’ colors.”

In standard Swedish, the typical definite plural form of kåpa is kåporna, and the corresponding genitive plural is usually kåpornas. The form kåpornas may appear in some dialects, historical texts, or stylistic uses, but it is less common in contemporary formal writing. As a result, kåpornas is primarily encountered as a grammatical variant rather than as a widely used lexical item with independent meaning.

Usage notes emphasize that kåpornas functions within noun phrases to indicate ownership or association, rather than serving as a standalone term. For most contemporary contexts, speakers and writers would opt for the regular genitive plural kåpornas or rephrase possession with a preposition, such as färgen på kåporna, to convey the same idea.

See also: Swedish grammar, genitive case, plural nouns, noun inflection.