siffrans

Siffrans is the genitive form of the Swedish noun siffran, which means digit or numeral. In Swedish, the genitive is typically formed by adding -s to the singular form, so siffran becomes siffrans to indicate possession or a relationship of the digit to something else. The corresponding plural genitive is siffrornas.

Uses and meaning

Siffrans appears mainly in descriptive or scholarly text to attribute something to a digit. For example, one might encounter phrases such as siffrans betydelse (the digit’s meaning) or siffrans plats i ett tal (the digit’s position in a number). In everyday language, people more commonly use the plural possessive form siffrornas when referring to digits in general.

Grammatical notes

In Swedish, siffran is a common noun for a single numeral, while siffror is the plural form meaning digits or numerals. The genitive of the plural is siffrornas, used similarly to siffrans in the singular. As with other possessive constructions, siffrans and siffrornas appear in contexts where ownership, association, or attribution to a digit is being discussed.

Relation to terminology

The base term siffran is widely used in mathematics, education, and everyday numeracy. Siffrans functions strictly as a grammatical form rather than a distinct technical concept; its role is to mark possessive relationships in sentences about digits or numerals.

See also

Siffran, siffror, siffra (related Swedish terms for digit and numeral)