stämplens

Stämplens is a nonstandard form that may appear in Swedish texts as a misspelling or typographical variant of the possessive stämpelns, meaning “the stamp’s.” The noun stämpel refers to a stamp or seal, used in contexts ranging from postage stamps to imprinting tools.

In modern Swedish, possessive forms are typically created by attaching the enclitic -s to the definite form of the noun. For stämpel (the stamp), the definite form is stämpeln, and the standard possessive is stämpelns. For example: stämpelns färg (the stamp’s color), stämpelns avtryck (the stamp’s imprint).

Stämplens appears primarily as a nonstandard spelling. It can arise from typographical error, OCR misreads, or dialectal variation in older or regional texts. In edited, formal, or standard Swedish, stämpelns is preferred and considered correct.

See also:

- Stämpel, the base noun meaning stamp or seal

- Possessive form in Swedish

- Swedish orthography and common misspellings

Notes:

If you encounter stämplens in a text, it is advisable to interpret it as a nonstandard variant of stämpelns and, when possible, replace it with stämpelns to reflect standard Swedish usage.