gäldenärens

Gäldenärens is a Swedish possessive form used in legal and financial language to indicate that something belongs to or relates to a debtor. The base noun is gäldenär, meaning a person or entity that owes money or performance under an obligation. The form gäldenärens shows possession or association with the debtor, often appearing in formal texts, contracts, and court documents.

In practice, gäldenärens is used to refer to the debtor’s obligations, rights, or property. Common contexts include phrases such as gäldenärens betalningsskyldighet (the debtor’s obligation to pay), gäldenärens rättigheter (the debtor’s rights), or gäldenärens egendom (the debtor’s property). The term is frequently contrasted with borgenärens, the creditor’s, to distinguish between the interests of the debtor and those who are owed money.

Gäldenär can be an individual or a juridical person, and the possessive form aligns with standard Swedish grammar for indicating ownership or relevance in formal language. In civil procedure, in bankruptcy, and in enforcement of claims, the debtor’s assets and obligations are described using ge­nerative phrases built on gäldenärens.

Etymology and usage notes: gäldenär is a native Swedish legal term with roots in historical debt language; the suffix -ens attaches to the definite form of the noun to create the possessive. While the form may appear in legal texts, it is understood in everyday Swedish when discussing debt, obligations, or assets.

See also: gäldenär, borgenär, skuld, konkurs, rättsliga förfaranden.