Måltidens

Måltidens is a Swedish possessive form of måltid, meaning "the meal's" or "of the meal." It functions as a possessive determiner placed before a noun to indicate that the noun relates to or belongs to the meal. The base noun måltid denotes a meal, and its definite form is måltiden. The corresponding possessive singular is måltidens; the plural possessive is måltidernas.

Usage: Måltidens is used in written and formal Swedish to attribute properties or components to the meal. Examples include måltidens innehåll (the meal's content), måltidens näringsinnehåll (the meal's nutritional content), and måltidens sammansättning (the meal's composition). It appears in nutrition texts, culinary writing, education, and journalism when discussing what a meal includes or implies.

Grammar notes: Swedish expresses possession with the -s suffix; this form can combine with definite nouns in standard constructions. The contrast between måltiden (the meal) and måltidens (the meal's) is typical of how Swedish marks definiteness and possession.

See also: måltid, måltiden, måltidernas.