øynets

øynets is not a separate entry in standard Norwegian vocabulary; it is commonly encountered as a nonstandard or mistaken form of the possessive construction related to the noun øye (eye). The term commonly thought of as the possessive form of øye would be øyets in correct standard usage, but many writers use other spellings, especially in informal contexts.

In Norwegian, the noun øye (eye) inflects as follows in the most common standards:

- indefinite singular: øye

- definite singular: øyet

- indefinite plural: øyne

- definite plural: øynene

- genitive singular: øyets

- genitive plural: øyenes

The genitive forms are used to indicate possession, for example: øyets farge (the eye’s color) or øyets form (the eye’s shape). The standard genitive singular is øyets, not øynets, which is why øynets is typically regarded as nonstandard or dialectal.

Origins and usage notes:

- The base word øye derives from Old Norse augo, and its modern inflection reflects the broader Norwegian pattern for nouns ending in -e in the singular and -ne in the plural.

- Variants such as øynets may appear in regional speech, typographical variants, or in error passages. In formal writing and most dictionaries, øyets is the accepted genitive singular form.

- For plural possessives, the form øyenes is used (the eye’s plural possessive), while the plural definite form remains øynene.

See also:

- Norwegian grammar and noun inflection

- Norwegian possessive constructions

- Eye in Norwegian (øye) and related etymology