stålets

Stålets is the genitive form of the Swedish noun stål, meaning steel. It marks possession or attribution, as in stålets egenskaper (the steel’s properties) or stålets yta (the steel’s surface). In Swedish, the possessive is formed by adding the suffix -s to the definite form of the noun, and it does not require an apostrophe.

Etymology and grammar: Stål derives from Old Norse stál and Proto-Germanic roots related to metalworking. The definite form is stålet, and the possessive stålets is created by attaching -s to that form. This construction is widely used in technical and scientific writing to attribute characteristics to materials.

Usage: The possessive stålets is commonly found in discussions of steel in engineering, materials science, and construction. Typical phrases describe the steel’s properties, such as stålets hållfasthet (the steel’s strength), stålets motstånd mot korrosion (the steel’s resistance to corrosion), and stålets sammansättning (the steel’s composition). The form is appropriate for describing measurements, quality characteristics, and specifications of steel in reports and manuals.

See also: Stål.