Hälytyksen

Hälytyksen is the genitive form of the Finnish noun hälytys, which denotes an alarm, warning, or alert. In Finnish usage, hälytys can refer to a signal that requires immediate action, such as a fire alarm or a security alarm, as well as to the act of alerting authorities or people to danger. The term is common in safety, industrial, and public communications, and it is used in phrases that indicate possession or association, for example “hätätilanteen hälytys” (the alarm of an emergency situation) or “palohälytyksen soittoääni” (the fire alarm sound). The base verb hälyttää means to alarm or to alert, and hälytys is formed from this verb.

Common compound forms include palohälytys (fire alarm), murtohälytys or turvahälytys (burglary or security alarm), as well as hälytyssignaali (alarm signal) and hätähälytys (emergency alert). In workplace and building safety, hälytys refers to signals that trigger procedures such as evacuation or lockdown.

In media and everyday language, hälytys is used both for practical alarm systems and for more figurative alerts, such as “lainsäädännön hälytys” (a warning in the law). The possessive/genitive form hälytyksen appears in sentences like “hälytyksen kesto” (the duration of the alarm) or “hälytyksen syy” (the cause of the alarm). See also hälytys, palohälytys, murtohälytys.