Kolisjonens

Kolisjonens is a possessive form used in Norwegian to mean “the collision’s” or “of the collision.” The base noun kolisjon denotes an event in which two or more bodies strike each other, and it is employed across contexts such as physics, traffic incidents, astronomy, and everyday language.

Etymology and variants: Kolisjon is a loanword from the international term collision, itself derived from Latin collisio “a striking together.” In Norwegian spelling, kolisjon is the common form, with the possessive singular kolisjonens and the possessive plural kolisjonenes used to indicate ownership or related attributes. Some dialects, historical texts, or closely related languages may show orthographic variants such as kollisjon or kollision, but kolisjonens is the standard form in contemporary Norwegian Bokmål for the singular possessive.

Usage: Kolisjonens functions as a determiner for a following noun, linking it to the collision itself. Examples include kolisjonens årsaker (the causes of the collision) and kolisjonens konsekvenser (the consequences of the collision). The corresponding plural form kolisjonenes is used when referring to multiple collisions, as in kolisjonenes effekter. In practice, kolisjonens appears in technical writing, accident reports, and scholarly discussions where a precise attribution to a specific collision is needed.

Related terms: kolisjon is closely related to sammenstøt as a synonym for collision in more everyday language, and to other linguistic forms used to denote possession or attribution in Norwegian.