Asukkaiden

Asukkaiden is a Finnish grammatical form, not a standalone concept. It is the genitive plural of the noun asukas, meaning resident or occupant. The word is used to indicate possession or association by multiple residents, as in expressions like asukkaiden oikeudet (the residents’ rights) or asukkaiden yhdistys (the residents’ association).

In Finnish, possessive relationships are expressed by placing the possessor in the genitive case before the head noun. Therefore, asukkaan would be the singular genitive, and asukkaiden is the plural genitive. The nominative plural is asukkaat (the residents). The form asukkaiden thus functions similarly to English “the residents’” in front of a noun such as oikeudet or yhdistys.

Etymology and use: asukas comes from the Finnish word for dwelling or living in a place, and asukkaiden is formed through standard Finnish noun inflection to mark plural genitive possession. The term appears in legal texts, demographic reporting, urban planning, and sociological writing, where relationships or rights of groups of residents are described.

See also: asukas; asukkaat; asukkaita; asukastoimet. In usage, it is important to differentiate between the nominative form (asukkaat) and the genitive plural (asukkaiden) to convey the correct possessive meaning.

Note: Asukkaiden is not a proper noun and is not capitalized unless it begins a sentence.