berättarens

Berättarens is the genitive singular form of the Swedish noun berättare, meaning narrator or storyteller. It is used to indicate possession or association with the narrator, as in phrases like berättarens röst (the narrator’s voice) or berättarens synvinkel (the narrator’s perspective).

Grammatically, berättare is a common gender noun. Its basic forms include the indefinite singular en berättare, the definite singular berättaren, and the genitive singular berättarens. The plural forms are berättare (indefinite) and berättarna (definite), with genitive plural berättarnas. Thus, berättarens serves specifically to denote ownership or relation to the narrator in expressions where a noun follows the possessive form.

In literary and linguistic usage, the possessive helps specify through whose lens a story is told and can relate to the narrator’s voice, reliability, or scope. The use of berät­tarens is independent of the narrative point of view (first person, third person, etc.); it marks ownership of a feature or element related to the narrator rather than the narrative mood or structure per se.

The term is common in Swedish grammars and narratological analyses to discuss how narration operates and how narrators influence interpretation. Etymologically, berät­tare derives from berätta (to tell) with standard Swedish possessive morphology, producing berät­ta­rens for the narrator’s.