Henkilöiden

Henkilöiden is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun henkilö, which means a person or individual. The form is used to indicate possession or association with a group of people, and it appears in phrases that describe something related to multiple individuals, such as names, rights, or attributes belonging to people.

In Finnish grammar, henkilön is the genitive singular, while henkilöt is the nominative plural. The genitive plural, signaled by -iden, is henkilöt -> henkilöiden in many -ö nouns. Thus, henkilöiden expresses “of the people” or “people’s” in contexts where more than one person is involved. Other related forms include the partitive plural henkilöitä and the basic plural forms, which show how the word inflects across cases and numbers.

Common usage of henkilön and henkilöiden appears in everyday language when discussing groups or individuals within a group. Examples include: henkilöiden nimet (the names of the people), henkilöiden määrä (the number of people), and henkilöiden oikeudet (the rights of people). The form is also found in formal or legal language when specifying information related to a collection of individuals, such as in reports, statistics, or policy texts.

Related terms and concepts include the base noun henkilö, the plural noun henkilöt, and compounds such as henkilötiedot (personal data) and henkilöstö (staff or personnel). Henkilöiden functions as a key grammatical tool in Finnish to attribute features or relations to more than one person.