brödets

Brödets is the genitive form of bröd, the Swedish word for bread. It is used to express possession or a close relationship between bread and another noun, as in brödets skorpa (the crust of the bread) or brödets smak (the bread's flavor). In Swedish, the possessive is typically formed by adding -s to the definite singular form of a noun. For bröd, the definite form is brödet, so the possessive becomes brödets. This pattern contrasts with possessives formed in other languages using an apostrophe; Swedish uses the suffix -s without an apostrophe.

Origin and usage: bröd originates from Old Norse brauð and related Germanic roots, cognate with Danish brød and Norwegian brød. The genitive -s suffix is a general feature of Swedish grammar and is used for most nouns. For plural possessives the form is brödens (the breads'), while the singular form brödets refers to "the bread's". The suffix attaches to the definite form brödet, not to the indefinite bröd.

In practice, brödets appears mainly in written Swedish, especially in descriptive, culinary, or technical contexts. It allows compact expressions of possession: brödets skorpa, brödets konsistens, brödets historia. The form is standard in formal writing and in textbooks, and is used wherever a definite bread is being described as possessing a feature or quality.