Katalogets

Katalogets is a linguistic term referring to the possessive definite form of the noun katalog in Danish and Norwegian Bokmål. It denotes something belonging to or associated with a catalog. In usage, katalogets functions as the determiner for following nouns in noun phrases, as in katalogets pris (the catalog's price) or katalogets indhold (the catalog's contents). It is commonly found in formal writing, library catalogs, product listings, and editorial captions.

Origin and usage context: The base word katalog is borrowed from the French catalogue, which in turn traces to Latin catalogus. In Danish and Norwegian, the definite form of katalog is rendered as kataloget, and the combination with the possessive -s yields katalogets to express ownership, as in katalogets funktion (the catalog's function). This construction is typical of formal written language and catalog-related discourse, where precise attribution of items, prices, or sections to a specific catalog is required.

Variations and cross-linguistic notes: In other Scandinavian languages, possessive and definite forms differ (for example, Swedish uses katalogens in many possessive contexts). In English, the equivalent construction is the catalog's, and in German it would be des Katalogs or der Katalog, depending on case. The form katalogets thus reflects the unique Danish/Norwegian pattern of combining definite nouns with possessive meaning.

See also: Katalog, katalogisering, bibliographic cataloging.