Kehittäväksi

Kehittäväksi is the translative form of the Finnish adjective or participle kehittävä, meaning developing or developmental. In Finnish grammar, the translative case uses the suffix -ksi to express a change of state or a role into which someone or something is moving. Therefore, kehittäväksi denotes becoming or turning into something related to development or development work. It is not a standalone lexical item like a noun; rather, it is a grammatical form derived from kehittävä.

In practice, kehittäväksi is relatively uncommon in everyday speech. It is most often encountered in linguistic descriptions, formal writing, or stylistic constructions that emphasize transition into a development-related role or state. When meaning “to become a developer,” speakers more commonly use kehittäjäksi (the translative form of the noun kehittäjä) rather than kehittäväksi. Nevertheless, kehittäväksi can appear in contexts where the emphasis is on an attribute or activity tied to development that a subject is taking on.

Typical guidance for usage is to prefer kehittäjäksi for referents who explicitly become a developer and to reserve kehittäväksi for more abstract or stylistic expressions of transitioning into a development-related state. The form is part of Finnish grammar rather than a distinct lexical term, and it should be distinguished from the more common noun-based expression kehittäjäksi.

See also: Finnish translative case, adjectives and participles in Finnish, kehittäjä.