foge-s

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of foga (“joining; appendment”) +‎ -e- +‎ s (“s”).

Noun

Examples
armbandsur (“wrist watch”) for armband (“bracelet”) + -s- + ur (“clock”) bakgrundsmusik (“background music”) for bakgrund (“background”) + -s- + musik (“music”) könsneutral (“gender neutral”) for kön (“gender”) + -s- + neutral (“neutral”) More examples in the category Swedish terms interfixed with -s-.

foge-s n

1. (linguistics) An interfix -s- that is often added between words in a compound.
   • 2021 November 25, Thomas Sundberg, “Örnsköldsviks kommun bryter mot språkregler – skolnamn felstavade [Örnsköldsvik municipality violates language rules – school names misspelled]”, in SVT Nyheter:

     På fasadskyltarna saknas ett foge-s, som normalt läggs till i slutet av ett namn eller substantiv om sista bokstaven är en konsonant.

     The signs of the buildings are missing an interfix joining s, which is normally added at the end of a name or noun if the last letter is a consonant.

Declension

Declension of foge-s

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	foge-s	foge-s
	definite	foge-s:et	foge-s:ets
plural	indefinite	foge-s	foge-s
	definite	foge-s:en	foge-s:ens

See also

• genitiv-s (“genitive s”)