låtens

Låtens is a Swedish possessive form used to indicate that something belongs to or pertains to a specific song. It is derived from the noun låt, which means a song or musical composition. In Swedish, the indefinite singular form is låt, the definite singular form is låten (the song), and the genitive or possessive form is låtens (the song’s). The word is typically used in written Swedish and in contexts such as music criticism, lyrics annotation, and cataloging.

Common uses of låtens include phrases like låtens titel (the song’s title), låtens text or låttext (the song’s lyrics), and låtens melodi (the song’s melody). The form signals a definite reference to a particular song and is most natural when the song has already been identified in the discourse. For plural references, different forms are used (for example, låtarna for “the songs,” with possessive constructions built accordingly in longer phrases).

Notes and related forms: låt is a general term for a song or tune. The definite form låten is used when referring to a specific song, while the plural låtarna refers to multiple songs. A potential source of confusion can arise with the verb låta, whose imperative form Låt means “let,” but this is a separate lexical item with a different syntactic role. Låten’s possessive låtens is unrelated to that verb form beyond sharing similar spelling.