bruddets

Bruddets is a term used in Norwegian linguistic and stylistic contexts to denote the genitive form of the noun brudd, meaning break, fracture, or breach. It serves to indicate possession or a relation to a break, as in phrases like the fracture’s extent or the breach’s significance. The form is typical in formal or technical writing where precise attribution is needed.

In usage, brudd can refer to physical fractures in medicine or geology, as well as to non-physical breaches such as violations of rules or contracts. When brudd appears in this possessive form, bruddets is employed to link characteristics, measurements, or consequences specifically to that break or breach. For example, a scientific description might discuss bruddets mekanisme (the mechanism of the fracture) or bruddets konsekvenser (the consequences of the breach). In legal or ethical discourse, expressions such as brudd på regler or bruddets omfang are used to frame issues around violations and their scope.

Etymologically, brudd is a native Germanic word meaning break, and bruddets follows the standard Norwegian pattern for forming the genitive of a definite noun. The use of bruddets tends to be more common in academic, medical, or technical texts, while everyday language may favor the simpler bruddet or phrasing without a strict genitive marker.

See also: brudd, bruddet, violations, fracture.