teaterns

Teaterns is the Swedish genitive form of teater, meaning "the theatre's" or, in plural use, "the theatres'." It marks possession and is used before a noun that describes what belongs to the theatre, for example teaterns program (the theatre's program) or teaterns historia (the theatre's history). In Swedish, possession is typically shown with the suffix -s, and teaterns illustrates this through a noun in a definite or possessed position without using an apostrophe.

The noun teater refers to a performing arts venue or institution that stages plays and other performances. The term is a borrowed word with a long historical lineage, tracing back to French theatre (théâtre), from Latin theatrum and Greek theatron. The possessive teaterns is a standard way to attribute something to the theatre in Swedish prose and dialogue.

In usage, teaterns appears in journalism, cultural history, theatre criticism, and institutional communications. It is common when describing programmes, schedules, repertoires, audiences, or facilities belonging to a specific theatre. For example, teaterns program lists the productions staged by a theatre, while teaterns lokaler describes the theatre’s premises. The form helps keep references concise by linking ownership directly to the noun that follows.

In comparison with other languages, Swedish indicates possession with -s and uses the definite form in many cases, rather than relying on punctuation like English apostrophes. The concept of a possessive theatre is thus expressed succinctly with teaterns, a small but widely used part of the language of Swedish theatre discourse.