Kohteikseen

Kohteikseen is a Finnish inflected form derived from the noun kohde, meaning target or object. It is used to designate items as targets or as objects to be acted upon within a plan, analysis, or decision-making context, conveying the sense of “as targets.”

In grammatical terms, kohteikseen is a formal, often written form. It appears mainly in official, academic, or security-related texts rather than everyday speech. The construction signals that multiple items are being categorized or designated for a specific role or action within a broader framework.

Usage and context are typically formal. Kohteikseen can be found in policy documents, strategic planning, risk assessments, and crisis-management discussions, where several elements are identified as targets or focal points for response. The form is part of a family of expressions built from kohde to express designation or role, such as kohteiksi (as targets) in more common usage and Kohteikseen in more specialized prose.

Examples:

- Finnish: Hallituksen suunnitelma asetti useita infrastruktuurikohteita kohteikseen kriisinhallintastrategiassa. Translation: The government plan designated several infrastructure sites as targets in the crisis-management strategy.

- Finnish: Tutkimuslistassa kaupungit on kohteikseen määritelty analyysin kohteiksi. Translation: In the study list, the cities have been defined as targets for the analysis.

See also: kohde, kohteiksi, translatiivinen (translative) case, Finnish grammar.