Keksijän

Keksijän is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun keksijä, meaning inventor. It marks possession or association, as in keksijän keksintö (the inventor’s invention) or keksijän oikeudet (the inventor’s rights). The noun keksijä is an agent noun derived from the verb keksiä, “to invent,” with the agent suffix -jä. The genitive ending -n is added to form keksijän, which is used to indicate ownership, attribution, or relationship in various contexts.

In usage, keksijän appears in technical, legal, and biographical texts to connect a thing or concept to its inventor. It often forms phrases describing ownership, entitlement, or responsibility, for example keksijän keksintö, keksijän oikeudet, or keksijän ideat. The broader term keksintö, meaning invention, is frequently paired with keksijä or keksijän in descriptions of inventions and their creators.

Contextual notes emphasize that the possessive form helps clarify authorship and rights in discussions of patents, licensing, and research outcomes. Finnish employs multiple genitive and possessive constructions to express nuanced ownership, and keksijän is a common example in discussions of invention and innovation. Understanding keksijän aids in parsing sentences that attribute ideas, designs, or legal rights to a specific inventor.

Examples: Keksijän keksintö sai patentin. Keksijän oikeudet voivat siirtyä työnantajalle sopimuksella. Keksijän ideat ovat tulleet lisensoitaviksi. See also: keksijä, keksintö, patentti.