tårarnas

Tårarnas is the genitive form of the Swedish definite plural noun tårarna, which means “the tears.” The form is used to indicate possession or a relationship to tears, as in phrases such as tårarnas fukt (“the dampness of the tears”) or tårarnas avtryck (“the traces of the tears”).

Etymology and grammar: The noun tårar means tears in the plural. The definite plural form is tårarna (“the tears”). To express possession, Swedish commonly adds the genitive suffix -s to the definite plural, yielding tårarnas (“the tears’”). This construction is part of standard Swedish grammar for possessives and does not require an apostrophe.

Usage: Tårarnas is predominantly a grammatical marker within noun phrases. It appears in descriptive, narrative, and poetic contexts when the author wants to relate something to tears. Examples include tårarnas spår, tårarnas svall (in poetic usage), and other collocations that describe qualities, effects, or aftermath associated with tears. While common in literature, the form is also found in everyday language when referring to something belonging to or produced by tears.

Notes: Tårarnas is specifically the possessive form of the definite plural. The corresponding forms for other numbers or definiteness (such as the indefinite plural tårar) use different possessive patterns, and the singular possessive would be tårens (“the tear’s”). As with other Swedish possessives, there is no apostrophe in written usage.

See also: tår (singular), tårar (plural), possessive forms in Swedish.