Tolkningarnas

Tolkningarnas is a Swedish grammatical form meaning the interpretations’ or the interpretations of something. It is not a standalone concept, but a possessive construction that marks ownership by multiple interpretations. The form is used in written and spoken Swedish to connect a following noun to its possessors.

Morphology and derivation: the base noun is tolkning, meaning interpretation. Its plural is tolkningar (interpretations). The definite plural is tolkningarna (the interpretations). To express possession by those interpretations, the definite plural is combined with a genitive suffix, giving tolkn igarnas. In practice, tolkningarnas is used before another noun, as in tolkningarnas betydelse (the interpretations’ meaning) or tolkningarnas konsekvenser (the interpretations’ consequences).

Usage and context: tolkningarnas is common in academic, literary, and analytical texts where multiple interpretations of a text, event, data set, or phenomenon are discussed. It typically appears in discussions about differences between interpretations or the impact of those interpretations on conclusions, theories, or decisions. The term helps to clarify that the possessive belongs to a defined set of interpretations rather than to a single interpretation.

Notes: as with related forms, tolkningarnas is case- and number-specific. It should agree with the noun it modifies in both definiteness and number. In everyday language, speakers may opt for simpler constructions such as “tolkningarnas tolkningar” if emphasizing the interpretations’ own interpretations, but the standard possessive form is tolkningarnas.