enhetenes

Enhetenes is the genitive plural form of the Norwegian noun enheten, which means unit, entity, device, or organizational subdivision. As a grammatical form, enhetenes denotes possession or association by more than one unit, and is used in formal or written Norwegian to indicate that something belongs to or concerns multiple units.

Grammatical notes: In Norwegian, the plural definite form of enheten is enhetene (the units). The genitive plural, formed by adding the possessive suffix to the definite plural, is enhetenes (the units’). The construction is commonly used with nouns that refer to organizational parts, groups of devices, or other units within institutions. For example, enhetenes samarbeid, the units’ collaboration, or enhetenes ansvar, the units’ responsibility. The possessive can attach to nouns in various positions in a sentence, as in Enhetenes kapasitet har økt (The units’ capacity has increased) or Budsjettet for enhetenes drift ble redusert (The budgets for the units’ operations were reduced).

Context and usage: Enhetenes is typical in administrative, policy, or report-style writing where multiple units are discussed as a collective. In everyday speech, speakers may prefer the indefinite plural enheter or the definite plural enhetene, depending on formality and clarity. The term is part of standard Norwegian grammar and has cognates in other Scandinavian languages that form possessives in a similar way.

See also: enhet, enhetene, genitiv (Norwegian grammar), norsk grammatikk.