Dokumentoiden

Dokumentoiden is not a standard Finnish word in contemporary usage. It appears as a genitive plural form of a loanword for “document” that is not commonly used today. In modern Finnish, the common way to say “of the documents” is dokumenttien, the genitive plural of dokumentti. The form dokumentoiden may be encountered only in historical texts, regional varieties, or as a nonstandard spelling error.

Some linguistic notes: Finnish has borrowed terms for documents from various sources, and in older or regionally influenced texts the plural genitive suffixes can vary. Dokumentoiden has the appearance of a plural genitive with an -oiden ending, which is not productive in standard Finnish for the word commonly used for document. Therefore, when documenting or editing Finnish texts, modern conventions prefer dokumenttien to express possession related to documents.

Usage considerations: If you encounter dokumentoiden in a Finnish corpus, it is advisable to verify the spelling against standard Finnish norms or the original manuscript language. It may reflect archaic orthography, a direct calque from another language, or simply a misspelling. For clear, publishable Finnish, prefer dokumenttien in most contexts and reserve any uso of dokumentoiden for historical quotation notes with explicit explanation.

See also: dokumentti, dokumenttien, asiakirjat, arkisto, oikeudellinen kieli.