Houkuttaakseen
Houkuttaakseen is the illative (the destination) form of the Finnish verb *houkutella*, meaning “to attract” or “to entice.” It is used primarily in subordinate clauses or in contexts that require the purpose or result of an action, roughly translating in English to “to attract (something/someone).” The form is constructed by adding the infinitival suffix *-ksi* to the stem *houkutta-*. In practice, the inflection is often written as *houkuttaakseen* as a single word, although it can also appear separated in some stylistic choices.
The verbal construction is part of Finnish's extensive series of derivational suffixes that indicate grammatical relations.
Houkuttaakseen belongs to the same paradigm as other –ta/-tä verbs ending in *-ta/-tä*, and it is regularly
The root *houkutt-* is derived from the old Finnish *houkutin*, which historically meant "to pull, draw." The
Houkuttaakseen remains a standard part of modern Finnish vocabulary. It is taught in Finnish language courses