Kökens

Kökens is a Swedish possessive form built from the noun kök, meaning kitchen. In standard usage, it functions to indicate something that belongs to or is associated with kitchens, typically in contexts referring to more than one kitchen.

In practice, kökens appears in phrases describing shared or collective aspects of multiple kitchens. For example, a sentence might refer to "kökens färger" to denote the colors of the kitchens, or "kökens utrustning" to discuss equipment used across several kitchen spaces. The exact meaning—whether the reference is to several kitchens or to a broader, multi-kitchen context—depends on surrounding words and the broader sentence.

Origins and usage notes: possessive forms in Swedish are often formed by attaching a suffix to the definite plural or singular form of a noun. Kökens is most commonly encountered in writing that treats kitchen spaces as a collective or plural entity. In contrast, singular references to a single kitchen would typically use kökets (the kitchen’s).

See also: Swedish grammar, possessive forms, definite nouns.