Kadonneeksi

Kadonneeksi is a Finnish participial form derived from the verb kadota, meaning to disappear. It is used to describe a state in which a person or entity is considered missing. In practice, kadonneeksi appears most often in formal or official contexts, such as police statements, court documents, or media reports, where authorities or authorities’ communications indicate that someone is missing.

Grammatically, kadonneeksi is the translative form of the past participle kadonnut and expresses a change of state. It is commonly used with verbs that denote declaration or determination, for example julistaa kadonneeksi (to declare missing) or todeta kadonneeksi (to determine that someone is missing). A typical construction is Hänet on kadonneeksi julistettu, meaning “He has been declared missing.”

Contexts in which kadonneeksi is used include missing-person investigations, search and rescue operations, and public notices or news reports. The term signals an official status rather than a simple observation of disappearance. It may be applied to people, and less commonly to animals, when a formal search or administrative determination is involved. The status remains until the person is found or the investigation concludes.

Etymologically, kadonneeksi comes from kadota (to disappear) with the translative suffix -eeksi, indicating becoming or being regarded as something. It is distinct from kadonnut, which simply means “has disappeared” without implying an official declaration of status.