Kakkujen

Kakkujen is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun kakku, which means cake. In Finnish, genitive plural forms are used to indicate possession or a relationship between multiple cakes, and kakk ujen translates roughly to “of the cakes” or “the cakes’.” The form is common in everyday language, especially in recipes, event planning, and descriptions of desserts.

In usage, kakkujen appears in phrases such as kakkujen täytteet (the fillings of the cakes), kakkujen koristelut (the decorations of the cakes), and kakkujen reseptit (the recipes for the cakes). It can also appear in compound expressions where a plural cake noun governs another noun, for example syntymäpäiväkakkujen suunnittelu (planning birthday cakes) or juhlakakkujen tarjonta (the offering of party cakes). The genitive plural is formed by adding -en to the plural stem kakkujen, following standard Finnish genitive plural patterns.

Related forms include kakku (singular nominative), kakut (plural nominative), kakun (singular genitive), and kakkuja (partitive plural). The genitive singular kakun is used for “the cake’s,” as in kakun koko (the cake’s size). Finnish genitive constructions do not rely on apostrophes to show possession; instead, they use forms like kakkujen.

Etymology for kakku is generally considered native Finnish, with the word appearing in modern usage to denote a baked sweet item. The form kakkujen is a regular, productive genitive plural used across dialects and registers of Finnish.