cyklarnas

Cyklarnas is the Swedish genitive form used to indicate possession or association with the plural noun cyklar (bicycles). It is formed by taking the definite plural cyklarna and adding the possessive suffix -s, yielding cyklarnas, which corresponds to the English "the bicycles’" or "of the bicycles."

Formation and use

In Swedish, the possessive is generally expressed by the suffix -s attached to the relevant form of the noun. For plural nouns, the process typically involves the definite plural form before the -s. Thus cyklarna (the bicycles) becomes cyklarnas (the bicycles’). The construction is used to attribute a property, relationship, or part to multiple bicycles, without requiring a separate possessive pronoun.

Examples

Cyklarnas kedjor måste smörjas regelbundet. (The bicycles’ chains must be lubricated regularly.)

Vi inspekterade cyklarnas lås och bromsar. (We inspected the bicycles’ locks and brakes.)

Cyklarnas ägare deltog i mötet. (The bicycles’ owners attended the meeting.)

Notes

Cyklarnas is specific to Swedish grammar and is not a standalone noun. It often appears in written Swedish to indicate possession in contexts involving multiple bicycles. For the singular, the analogous form would be cykelns (the bicycle’s).

See also

Swedish grammar, possessive forms, genitive case.