uppdragets

Uppdragets is a Swedish genitive form used to indicate possession, relation, or association with an assignment, mission, or task. It is the possessive form of the definite noun uppdrag (the assignment), formed by adding the suffix -s to the definite form uppdraget. This construction is common in official, administrative, and organizational text to specify what belongs to or concerns a particular assignment.

Grammatically, uppdragets functions as a possessive modifier within a noun phrase. It answers questions such as whose assignment or which assignment is being discussed. The term is frequently used in contexts where the assignment has been defined or referenced earlier in the discourse, for example in contracts, project plans, or governance documents. Related terms include uppdragsgivare (the client or commissioner), uppdragsbeskrivning (the description of the assignment), and uppdragsmål (the goals of the assignment).

Usage notes: Swedish forms possessives with -s, which may appear on the definite form of the noun or, less commonly, in other possessive constructions. In practice, uppdragets is widely understood as the standard way to refer to “the assignment’s” items, aspects, or outcomes when the assignment is already identified in text. For general reference to an assignment without a specified identity, you might encounter other possessive forms such as ett uppdrags, though uppdragets is the more typical, more formal choice in written Swedish.

Examples:

- Styrelsen definierade uppdragets mål.

- Uppdragets omfattning blev tydligare efter genomgången plan.

- Rapporten beskriver uppdragets genomförande och resultat.

See also: uppdrag, uppdragsgivare, uppdragsbeskrivning, uppdragsmålsättning.