Auktoriteettiin

Auktoriteettiin is the illative singular form of the Finnish noun auktoriteetti, meaning “to the authority” or “to authority.” The illative case expresses direction toward or into something, and in figurative use it can indicate movement toward, reliance on, or reference to an authority as a source of legitimacy.

Auktoriteetti means authority, influence, or the persons or institutions that hold formal power. The word comes from a term meaning standing or legitimacy and is used in political, legal, organizational, and academic contexts to refer to power, credibility, or the source of an argument.

In Finnish grammar, auktoriteetti declines in standard cases: nominative auktoriteetti, genitive auktoriteetin, partitive auktoriteettia, translative auktoriteetiksi, and essive auktoriteettina. The illative form, used to express “to the authority” or “into authority,” is auktoriteettiin. The form is used when speaking about moving toward or appealing to authority, or when indicating dependence on authority as a source of justification.

Usage notes: auktoriteettiin appears in discussions of legitimacy, compliance, or reference to authorities. It can occur in academic writing, policy debates, or everyday language when contrasting personal judgment with authority or when describing how an argument gains credibility by appealing to authority.

See also: auktoriteetti, illatiivi in Finnish grammar, translative and essive forms of auktoriteetti.