Kostymens

Kostymens is the genitive form of kostym in several Scandinavian languages, including Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. It functions to indicate possession or close association with a kostym, typically translated into English as the suit’s or the costume’s.

In these languages the possessive/genitive is formed by adding the suffix -s to the noun, yielding kostymens. This form is used before the noun it possesses, as in kostymens farve meaning “the suit’s color,” or kostymens ejer meaning “the suit’s owner.” The definite form of kostym, used to mean “the suit” or “the costume” in context, is typically kostymen, while kostymens marks possession.

The base word kostym refers to clothing worn as a suit or to a costume used for theatre, film, or performance. The word is a loan, with origins traced to the French costumé or costume through German Kostüm, and it has been integrated into Scandinavian vocabularies over the past centuries.

Kostymens appears in a range of contexts, from fashion and garment description to costume design and stage directions. It is a grammatical tool rather than a separate concept, used whenever something belongs to or is associated with a kostym, such as fabric, accessories, or ownership.

See also: kostym, kostymen, kostymer.