ordklassens

Ordklassens is the genitive form of ordklass, the Swedish term for “the part of speech” or “word class.” It is used in discussions of grammar to indicate possession or association with a particular word class, as in phrases like ordklassens funktion i meningen (the function of the word class in the sentence). The form itself does not denote a separate concept beyond the possessive construction.

In linguistic analysis, ordklass (word class) refers to a category of words defined by their syntactic roles and morphological properties. Swedish grammars commonly divide words into several ordklasser: substantiv (nouns), verb, adjektiv (adjectives), adverb (adverbs), pronomen (pronouns), preposition (prepositions), konjunktion (conjunctions), interjektion (interjections), räkneord (numerals), and determiners (including articles and demonstratives). Some frameworks treat determiners as a separate class or combine articles with other categories; others distinguish additional subclasses such as pronouns or numerals.

Use and significance: The concept underpins language teaching and grammatical analysis. The possessive ordklassens appears in phrases that discuss the properties of a particular class, such as ordklassens böjningsmönster (the inflection pattern of the word class) or ordklassens funktion i meningen. While the exact set of ordklasser can differ across languages and scholarly traditions, the idea of categorizing words to explain syntax remains central.