Tegnets

Tegnets is the genitive form of the Danish noun tegn, which means "sign" or "symbol." It is used to express possession or a close association with a sign, and it appears in both everyday writing and formal texts. Common phrases include tegnets betydning ("the meaning of the sign") and tegnets form ("the sign's shape").

Formation and usage: In Danish, the base noun tegn has the definite form tegnet. The genitive is formed by attaching -s to this definite form, yielding tegnets. This pattern is standard for Danish possessives in written language and is used to indicate that a feature or attribute belongs to or is associated with the sign.

Examples and scope: Tegnets betydning, tegnets funktion, and tegnets farve are typical uses illustrating the sign’s meaning, function, or color. The construction can apply to concrete signs (such as traffic signs) as well as abstract signs (such as symbolic representations in art or literature).

Notes: Tegnets is not a separate lexical item; it is the ordinary Danish possessive form of tegn. While the -s genitive is widely used in Danish for a range of nouns, possessive patterns differ in other Scandinavian languages, so teg nets usage is primarily Danish-focused and may look distinct in translations.