bølgenes

Bølgenes is the genitive plural form of bølge in Norwegian Bokmål and Danish, used to indicate possession or association with waves. It translates roughly as "the waves’" and commonly appears in scientific and encyclopedic writing about ocean waves, optics, acoustics, and other wave phenomena. In such contexts, phrases like bølgenes energi (the energy of the waves) and bølgenes hastighet (the speed of the waves) describe properties of wave systems. The form can apply to literal sea waves as well as to abstract wave concepts, such as electromagnetic or sound waves, when treated as a collective.

In usage, bølgenes is formed from bølge (wave) or bølger (waves) with a possessive suffix, and is standard in Norwegian and Danish grammar for indicating possession with plural nouns. It appears across registers—from technical prose to journalism and poetry—to express relations tied to waves.

The term itself does not denote a separate concept; rather, it is a grammatical variant that enables expression of ownership or association with waves. Related topics include the base word bølge (wave) and, more broadly, the study of wave phenomena in physics and oceanography.