kökets

Kökets is the definite possessive form of the Swedish noun kök, meaning the kitchen. It marks something that belongs to or is associated with a kitchen, and is used when the noun it modifies is in its definite form, köket. The form kökets is created by taking the definite form köket and adding the possessive suffix -s.

In use, kökets occurs in noun phrases describing attributes or items related to the kitchen. For example, kökets dörr means the kitchen's door, and kökets renlighet refers to the kitchen’s cleanliness. The possessive suffix -s signals ownership or association and is commonly found in formal and descriptive writing, such as manuals, architectural descriptions, or house-related text.

Kökets contrasts with the use of possessive determiners, such as mitt kök (my kitchen) or deras kök (their kitchen), where possession is shown without forming a definite noun phrase. In practice, both constructions are correct, but they convey slightly different emphases: kökets emphasizes the kitchen as a defined space, while mitt kök or deras kök focuses more on the possessor.

Plural possessive forms exist as well, with kökens serving as the possessive for plural definite forms of kök (the kitchens’). The usage of kökets is most common when speaker and listener are discussing a specific, identifiable kitchen, such as in a house, restaurant, or building project.