Växternas

Växternas is the genitive plural form of the Swedish noun växter, meaning plants. It is used to indicate possession or association with multiple plants and appears in scientific writing, nature descriptions, and educational texts. The form follows standard Swedish inflection for possessive constructions.

In Swedish, the indefinite plural is växter, while the definite plural is växterna (the plants). The genitive plural—used to express “of the plants” or “the plants’”—is växternas, formed by adding the possessive suffix -s to the definite plural. Examples include växternas blad (the plants’ leaves) and växternas blomning (the plants’ flowering). The possessive does not require an apostrophe.

The singular possessive of växt is växtens (the plant’s). This contrasts with the plural genitive växternas, which marks possession by more than one plant. In practice, växternas is primarily a grammatical form used in descriptions that compare or discuss several plants.

Etymology and usage notes: växt stems from the same linguistic family as related Germanic words for growth and plant, and the possessive suffix -s is a common feature in modern Swedish to form genitive cases. Växternas commonly appears in botany, ecology, and natural history to attribute features, results, or qualities to groups of plants rather than to a single plant.

See also: växt, växter, växterna.