købs

Købs is the genitive form of the Danish noun køb, meaning purchase or buying. It is primarily used in compound words and technical terms to express the sense “of purchase” or related to buying. As a standalone term, købs is not a common lexical item; instead, it functions as the possessive form that appears within compounds.

In Danish spelling, the genitive suffix -s attaches to nouns to form possessives, and købs surfaces in words such as købspris (purchase price), købsomkostninger (costs of purchase), købsvolumen (purchase volume), and købsadfærd (buying behavior). Such formations are common in business, economics, contract language, and market research.

Etymology and historical notes: køb traces to Old Danish kaup, from Proto-Germanic kaupą, and is cognate with related Germanic words for “buy.” The genitive suffix -s has a long history in Danish, used to create compound terms that specify ownership or relation, including in economic and legal terminology.

Usage considerations: købs is not a separate concept but a grammatical form used to connect the base noun køb with descriptive nouns in compounds. When referring to the act of purchasing itself, Danish typically uses køb or related verbs, while købs- compounds describe attributes or aspects of the purchase.

See also: køb, genitiv (Danish grammar), Danish compounding, Danish economic terminology.