Aiheuttuneet

Aiheuttuneet is the Finnish passive past participle form of the verb aiheuttaa, meaning that something has been caused by someone or something else. In Finnish, this participle functions as an adjective and is used to describe outcomes, effects, or states that are the result of a prior action. The form agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case, and it is most common in formal or written contexts.

Morphology and usage are straightforward: the singular passive past participle is aiheuttunut, and the plural is aiheuttuneet. These forms attach to a noun to form a compound adjective-like structure, as in phrases such as aiheuttuneet vahingot (damages that have been caused), aiheuttuneet kustannukset (incurred costs), or aiheutuneet seuraukset (consequences that have been caused). In a relative clause, it can be used to link a noun to its causal origin, for example: vahingot, jotka ovat aiheutuneet tulipalosta (the damages that have been caused by the fire).

In practical writing, aiheuttuneet tends to emphasize the result or effect rather than the agent responsible for causing it. For this reason, it is frequently found in official, technical, or journalistic texts where the focus is on outcomes and their implications. It can also appear predicatively in sentences describing the current state resulting from prior events, such as "tilanteet ovat aiheuttuneet" in some contexts, though more common constructions often use other phrasing.

Overall, aiheetuttuneet serves as a standard tool in Finnish to articulate "those things that have been caused," making it a regular part of the language’s descriptive and formal style.