Rekonstruktionens

Rekonstruktionens is the genitive form of the Swedish noun rekonstruktion, used to indicate something belonging to or associated with a reconstruction. The base term rekonstruktion refers to the act of reconstructing or to a reconstruction itself, and it is widely used across fields such as archaeology, architecture, urban planning, medicine, and historical analysis.

Etymology and morphology: rekonstruktion is a borrowing from Latin reconstructio, adapted into Swedish. The possessive form is rekonstruktionens, which signals ownership or relation to the reconstruction. In practice, rekonstruktionens appears in phrases like rekonstruktionens kostnader (the costs of the reconstruction) or rekonstruktionens faser (the phases of the reconstruction). Like other Swedish genitive constructions, it attaches the possessive marker to the noun to form a compound sense of “the reconstruction’s ….”

Usage: The phrase rekonstruktionens is most common in formal or technical writing, particularly when discussing resources, timelines, outcomes, or components tied to a reconstruction project. Examples include discussions of budgeting, planning, or evaluation within post-disaster, post-conflict, or heritage-restoration contexts. While the term centers on the act of rebuilding, rekonstruktionens is not a separate concept; it is simply the grammatical possessive form used to describe elements related to a reconstruction.

See also: rekonstruktion, rekonstruera, rekonstruktionsarbete.