fjederens

Fjederens is a Danish inflected form that serves as the genitive (possessive) of fjeder. The word fjeder has two primary meanings in Danish: a feather (the plumage of a bird) and a spring (a coil or elastic device used in mechanisms or upholstery).

The form fjederens is used to indicate possession, roughly translating to "the feather’s" or "the spring’s" in English. The intended meaning is usually clear from context, since the same possessive form can apply to both senses. For example, fjederens farve can refer to the feather’s color or the spring’s color, depending on what fjeder denotes in the sentence.

In Danish orthography, possessive forms are typically created by adding -s to the base noun, without an apostrophe. Thus fjederens is a standard singular possessive form. When referring to multiple feathers or springs, Danish uses the corresponding plural noun form followed by the appropriate possessive ending, a detail that depends on dialect and standard grammar rules.

See also: Danish language, Danish grammar, genitive case.