skyddets

Skydets is the genitive form of the Swedish noun skydd, meaning protection or shield, used in its definite singular form skyddet. It signals possession or association, corresponding to “the protection’s” or “of the protection” in English. The form is common in formal and technical language, for example in safety protocols, architectural plans, or legal texts, where it describes what belongs to or is governed by protection.

Formation: In Swedish, the possessive is generally formed by adding the suffix -s to the noun. When the noun is in its definite singular form, the possessive is formed by attaching -s to that form: skyddet → skyddets. No apostrophe is used in Swedish possessives.

Usage: Skyddets is used to describe features, responsibilities, or scopes belonging to protection or shielding. Examples: Skyddets funktion är att minska risken. Lagen beskriver skyddets ansvar och skyldigheter. In technical writing you may also see phrases like skyddets omfattning, indicating the extent of the protection.

Notes: The possessive -s is a general feature of Swedish; possessives can also be formed with possessive determiners and the noun’s own -s forms, such as kattens, husets, statens, before a following noun.