Kehitykseensä

Kehitykseensä is a Finnish inflected form derived from the noun kehitys, meaning development. The word is used to express movement toward or investment in something’s own development, roughly translating to “to its development” or “into its development.” Grammatically, it can be analyzed as the illative (toward/into) form of kehitys combined with the third-person possessive suffix -nsä, producing kehitykseensä.

In use, kehitykseensä appears in formal or organizational language, often when speaking about directing resources, attention, or actions to a subject’s development. Examples include phrases like “Yritys on lisännyt panostuksia kehitykseensä” (The company has increased investments in its development) and “Hanke keskittyi kehitykseensä suuntautuviin toimiin” (The project focused on actions aimed at its development). The construction emphasizes that the development being referred to belongs to the subject, and that efforts are directed toward that development.

Notes on meaning and scope: kehitykseensä is not a standalone concept; it is a grammatical form used to convey a specific directional meaning. It is most common in written and formal Finnish, particularly in business, policy, and administrative contexts. It may appear in diverse sentences where the focus is on developing or advancing the subject’s own progression.

See also: Finnish grammar, illative case, possessive suffix, kehitys (development).