läkarens

Läkarens is the possessive form of läkare (doctor) in Swedish. It is not a standalone noun; it is a grammatical inflection used to indicate possession in noun phrases, meaning "the doctor’s" or "doctor’s."

Formation and usage: Swedish expresses possession with the suffix -s. When the noun is definite, the form is läkaren (the doctor) plus -s to yield läkarens (the doctor’s). When the noun is indefinite, the form is läkare plus -s to yield läkares (a doctor’s). Examples: läkarens kontor (the doctor’s office); läkaren gav läkares rekommendationer (the doctor gave a doctor’s recommendations); en läkares bil (a doctor’s car).

Notes and nuance: Both läkarens and läkares serve as possessives, but they pair with different noun forms. Läkarens indicates possession for a specific, definite doctor, while läkares refers to possession by any doctor or to a non-specific doctor. In Swedish grammar, possessive -s is a common genitive construction across nouns and does not require an apostrophe.

See also: läkare, läkaryrket, possessive forms in Swedish, Swedish grammar.