köttets

Köttets is the possessive form of the Swedish noun kött, meaning meat or flesh. In Swedish, possessive forms are typically created by adding -s to the definite form of a noun. The base noun kött is a neuter mass noun, with the definite singular form köttet; the possessive form is köttets, meaning “the meat’s” or “of the meat.” It is used to indicate ownership, association, or a characteristic belonging to meat.

Examples of usage include köttets färg (the color of the meat), köttets smak (the taste of the meat), and köttets ursprung (the origin of the meat). Because kött is often used as an uncountable term in everyday Swedish, the possessive köttets construction is common in culinary, nutritional, and anatomical contexts, but it follows the same grammatical rules as other nouns.

Usage notes:

- Köttets attaches to the definite form of kött; for instance, köttet plus -s yields köttets.

- The form is primarily possessive and is used in written and formal Swedish, as well as in technical or descriptive contexts. In casual speech, speakers may rephrase with av- phrases (”av köttets smak”) or with other constructions, but köttets itself remains the standard possessive.

See also:

- Kött (meat)

- Flesk and related terms in other Scandinavian languages

- Swedish grammar on possessive forms