sykehusets

Sykehusets is the Norwegian Bokmål possessive form meaning “the hospital’s.” It is formed from the noun sykehus (hospital) with the definite form sykehuset (the hospital) and the possessive suffix -s, yielding sykehusets to denote ownership or association. The base word sykehus itself is a compound of syke (sick) and hus (house), literally “the house for the sick.”

In usage, sykehusets functions as a determiner preceding a noun to indicate something belonging to or connected with the hospital. For example, sykehusets pasienter means “the hospital’s patients,” and sykehusets inngang means “the hospital’s entrance.” The form is used in both formal and everyday language and does not require an apostrophe in Norwegian, unlike English possessives. When referring to multiple hospitals, the plural possessive becomes sykehusenes, as in sykehusenes pasienter (the hospitals’ patients).

Related forms include sykehuset for “the hospital” (definite singular), sykehus for “hospitals” (indefinite plural), and sykehusenes for “the hospitals’” (plural possessive). The possessive suffix -s attaches to the definite form, and usage generally follows standard Norwegian grammar for possessives.

Notes:

- Sykehusets is used only in Norwegian Bokmål; other Norwegian varieties may use different spellings or forms.

- The term is primarily a grammatical construction rather than a standalone entity; it appears in sentences describing ownership or association with a hospital.