Vandets

Vandets is the Danish genitive form of vand, the noun for water. The base noun vand is made definite as vandet, meaning “the water.” The possessive/genitive vandets is formed by adding the suffix -s to the definite form, yielding a meaning like “the water’s” or “of the water.” This grammatical pattern is used to attribute properties, characteristics, or ownership to water in contexts where a definite water entity is being discussed.

Usage of vandets appears in scientific, environmental, legal, and literary texts. Examples include vandets renhed (the water’s purity), vandets kredsløb (the water cycle), and vandets temperatur (the water’s temperature). Because Danish possessive forms often attach to the definite form of a noun, vandets typically occurs where the speaker is referring to a specific water source or body.

Notes on form and distinction: vandets is a singular, definite-genitive form. It should not be confused with vandet, the definite singular noun meaning “the water.” The indefinite form is vand (as in “a water” in some expressions, though water is often treated as uncountable in Danish). The -s genitive construction is one of several ways Danish marks possession, with pronouns also serving to indicate ownership.

See also: Danish grammar, genitive case, vand (water).