kauluksen

Kauluksen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun kaulus, which denotes a collar or neckpiece on clothing. As a grammatical form, kauluksen is used to indicate possession or association, for example in phrases like kauluksen väri (the color of the collar), kauluksen reuna (the collar’s edge), or kauluksen muoto (the collar’s shape). The form is commonly found in fashion, tailoring, and garment descriptions, where the possessor is specified without using a separate possessive pronoun.

In broader usage, kaulus refers to the part of a garment that surrounds the neck, most often on shirts and jackets. Types of collars are described with other nouns or adjectives, while kaulus itself names the feature. The genitive kauluksen therefore appears whenever the collocated noun requires a possessive relation to the collar.

Finnish grammar: the genitive singular ending -n is a standard pattern for many masculine and neuter nouns, and kauluksen follows this regular inflection. There is no separate lexical item pronounced differently as kauluksen; it is the inflected form of kaulus.

See also: kaulus; paitakaulus; collar terminology in Finnish.