Købernes

Købernes is the Danish genitive plural form of the noun køber, meaning buyers. It is used to indicate possession or association with a group of buyers rather than an individual buyer. In written Danish, købernes commonly appears in formal contexts such as contracts, consumer law, and business reporting to refer to rights, obligations, or property belonging to buyers as a collective.

Formation and usage: The plural of køber is købere. The genitive plural is formed by adding the suffix -nes to the plural, yielding købernes. This form translates to “the buyers’” in English and is used before nouns that denote what belongs to the group of buyers, such as købernes rettigheder (the buyers’ rights) or købernes forbrugerkontrol (the buyers’ consumer safeguards). The construction is typical in legal and commercial Danish to discuss collective interests or duties of purchasers.

Examples: Købernes rettigheder are often reinforced by consumer protection laws. In a sales agreement, Købernes fortrydelsesret is a phrase that highlights the right of buyers to withdraw from a purchase under certain conditions. Singular possessive forms exist as køberens for a single buyer, contrasting with købernes for a group.

Notes: Købernes serves as an illustration of how Danish forms the genitive plural for nouns referring to groups. It emphasizes collective ownership or entitlement rather than individual possession, and it appears most frequently in formal or legal writing concerning groups of purchasers. See also køber (buyer) and genitiv (Danish grammar).