storleks

Storleks is a Swedish term tied to the noun storlek, meaning size. Grammatically, storleks is the genitive or possessive form used in compounds and to indicate size-related attributes in Swedish. In practice, storleks- appears as a prefix in compound nouns such as storleksangivelse (size designation), storleksguide (size guide), and storleksklass (size class). The function is to relate a noun to size considerations rather than to denote a standalone concept.

In fashion, retail and manufacturing, size information is essential for product labeling, inventory, and consumer guidance. Clothing and footwear rely on sizing systems that may be numeric, European or US numeric scales, or alphabetic codes (XS, S, M, L, XL). Regional variations exist, and brands may differ in how they assign sizes. International standards, such as ISO 8559 and EN 13402, address size designation and the development of size charts, though labeling often remains brand-specific.

Linguistically, storlek is the Swedish word for size; Norwegian uses størrelse and Danish also uses størrelse, with similar practices for forming size-related compounds. The possessive/genitive form storleks therefore commonly appears in technical, commercial, and descriptive language to express size-related properties.

Further reading: size, clothing size, standardization, ISO 8559, EN 13402.