fartygets

Fartygets is a Swedish inflected form used to express possession relating to the noun fartyg, meaning ship. It is the definite singular possessive form, equivalent to “the ship’s” in English. The base noun fartyg is neuter and typically inflects as fartyg in its indefinite plural and as fartyget in the definite singular. The possessive is formed by adding -s to the definite singular form, giving fartyget → fartygets.

In use, fartygets functions like a possessive determiner within a noun phrase. It attaches to the definite form of the noun to indicate ownership or association with the ship. For example, fartygets motor means “the ship’s engine,” and fartygets besättning means “the ship’s crew.” This construction is common in formal, nautical, and technical Swedish, as well as in general prose.

Notes on grammar and variation: Swedish possessive formation often relies on the -s suffix attached to the noun’s form. For plural references to multiple ships, the corresponding possessive form is typically fartygens, used with the definite plural fartygen, to convey “the ships’.” As with many inflectional forms, there can be stylistic variations in less formal writing or older texts.

Summary: Fartygets is the standard Swedish possessive form for the ship in the singular definite, used to indicate ownership or association with fartyg. It mirrors the general pattern of Swedish possessives and is widely understood in contemporary Swedish usage.