Asiakirjassa

Asiakirjassa is the inessive form of the Finnish noun asiakirja, meaning “document.” In practical use, it denotes location or content within a single document and is common in formal writing, especially legal, administrative, and academic texts. The phrase is used to refer to what is stated or contained inside the document, for example: “Asiakirjassa todetaan, että hakemus on hyväksytty.”

Grammatical note: asiakirja is a neuter noun, and its inessive form is asiakirjassa. Other common forms include asiakirjoissa (inessive plural), asiakirjan (genitive), asiakirjaa (partitive), and illative asiakirjaan (into the document). The word frequently appears in phrases such as tässä asiakirjassa (in this document) and tämän asiakirjan mukaan (according to this document). It is typical in official and formal Finnish to cite information by referring to the relevant document.

Usage and nuance: asiakirjassa primarily signals the content or statements contained within a specific document rather than the document as a physical object. It is often used to attribute statements, obligations, or data to a source document, reducing ambiguity when multiple documents are involved. In contrast, other expressions may refer to documents more generally or to the documents as physical artifacts.

See also: asiakirja, asiakirjoja, asiakirjallinen. The term is a standard part of Finnish documentation language and is widely understood by speakers of Finnish, particularly in contexts involving bureaucratic or scholarly writing.