Jännittyneitä

Jännittyneitä is the plural partitive form of the Finnish adjective jännittynyt, meaning tense, anxious, or on edge. It is used to describe people, groups, or situations that experience or convey emotional strain. For example, Me olemme jännittyneitä. Tilanteet olivat jännittyneitä koko illan mittaan. The form signals a state rather than a concrete object, and is common in everyday language when referring to feelings or atmospheres.

Grammatically, jännittynyt is an adjective that can take various inflections. Jännittyneitä is the plural partitive used with plural subjects in contexts where the speaker emphasizes an ongoing or ill-defined amount of tension. In predicate constructions, it often appears after verbs like olla (to be) or odottaa (to wait for), describing the current state of the subject. The term can describe people, crowds, or environments—for example, “keskustelu jäi jännittyneeksi” (the discussion became tense) or “valmennusjengi oli jännittyneitä ennen lähtöä” (the team was tense before departure).

Related words include jännitys (tension, anxiety) and jännite (voltage or tension in physics, and by extension a figurative sense of strain). The adjective jännittävä is used to describe something exciting or suspenseful, while jännittynyt emphasizes an internal or emotional state rather than external excitement. Jännitteinen is often used for atmospheres or relationships that are strained or fraught with tension.

See also: jännitys, jännite, jännittävä, jännittynyt.