Hämmästyttäviin

"Hämmästyttäviin" is the illative plural form of the Finnish adjective "hämmästyttävä." The root word "hämmästyttävä" translates to "astonishing," "amazing," "surprising," or "remarkable" in English. The illative case in Finnish indicates movement into or towards something. Therefore, "hämmästyttäviin" literally means "into astonishing things" or "towards astonishing things."

This form is typically used in sentences where a verb or preposition expresses motion or direction towards something that is considered astonishing. For example, one might say they are looking "hämmästyttäviin näkymiin" (towards astonishing views) or that something is leading them "hämmästyttäviin löytöihin" (towards astonishing discoveries). The grammatical function of "hämmästyttäviin" is to modify a noun or pronoun that is the object of this directional movement, specifying the nature of that object as being remarkable or surprising. The adjective agrees in number and case with the noun it modifies.