dokumentens

Dokumentens is a Swedish inflected form that functions as the genitive (possessive) of the definite plural noun dokumenten, meaning the documents. It marks possession or association and is used within noun phrases to indicate ownership or relation, equivalent to “the documents’” or “of the documents” in English.

Morphology and usage: In Swedish, the definite plural is dokumenten (the documents). The possessive/genitive is formed by adding the suffix -s to the definite plural, yielding dokumentens. This form is used with a definite owner or possessor: dokumentens innehåll (the contents of the documents).

Examples: Dokumentens innehåll avslöjades under förhöret. Vi tittar på dokumentens metadata.

Etymology: The noun dokument comes from Latin documentum, via French or English, and the genitive suffix -s attaches in Swedish to form dokumentens. The form is part of a broader pattern in Swedish where possessive relations with definite plural nouns are expressed with the -s suffix.