sängens

Sängens is the genitive form of the Swedish noun säng, meaning bed. It is used to indicate possession or association, functioning like the English "bed's" or the phrase "of the bed." The form is created by taking the definite singular sängen (the bed) and adding the possessive suffix -s, a common feature in Swedish grammar for forming possessives from definite nouns.

In usage, sängens is typical in written Swedish and in formal style, but readers may also encounter other possessive constructions in everyday speech. Examples include sängens färg (the color of the bed), sängens madrass (the bed’s mattress). Plural forms follow the same pattern: sängarnas färg (the beds’ color), sängarnas konstruktion (the beds’ construction).

Etymology and cognates: the Swedish word säng belongs to the Germanic language family and has cognates in Danish seng and Norwegian seng, all meaning bed. The word has long been part of the basic vocabulary for households and furniture.

Notes on style: when referring to possession with an indefinite noun phrase, Swedish often uses a prepositional construction such as färg på sängen (color of the bed) instead of the possessive s-genitive, especially in less formal contexts. The s-genitive remains widely understood and used in formal writing and fixed expressions.