Madens

Madens is the Danish genitive form of the noun mad, meaning food. In Danish, the definite form of the word is maden, meaning “the food,” and the possessive or genitive is formed by adding the suffix -s, yielding madens, which means “the food’s” or “of the food.” This possessive form is used to indicate ownership or association with food in a wide range of contexts.

The madens construction is common in culinary writing, menus, recipes, and food reviews, where it is used to attribute characteristics to a dish or its components. Examples include madens aroma (the aroma of the food), madens temperatur (the temperature of the food), and madens smag (the taste of the food). The possessive can be used with explicit possessors (such as a chef, restaurant, or household) or with a general reference.

In addition to the -s genitive, Danish can express possession with other structures, such as a prepositional phrase using af (the food of the chef, the food from the restaurant). The kokkens mad form (the chef’s food) is another common way to convey possession directly in noun phrases. Some writers may adjust spelling when the possessor ends in -s, occasionally using an apostrophe for clarity, though the standard -s form remains prevalent.

Overall, madens is a straightforward example of Danish possessive morphology, serving as a concise tool to attribute qualities or ownership to food within sentences. See also Danish grammar and possessive forms.