Luovuttaneiden

Luovuttaneiden is a Finnish grammatical form used to refer to people who have surrendered. It is the genitive plural form of the past active participle luovuttanut, functioning in a noun-like role in formal and historical prose. The construction typically appears in phrases that describe groups or individuals by their act of surrender.

In Finnish, participles can be declined and used attributively to modify a following noun. Luovuttaneiden is commonly found with a head noun in the same noun phrase, often indicating a group such as sotilaat, osapuolet, or joukko. Examples include luovuttaneiden sotilaiden määrä (the number of soldiers who surrendered) or luovuttaneiden osapuolten taustat (the backgrounds of the parties who surrendered). The form signals that the referents performed the surrender in the past, and it remains neutral in tone, suitable for descriptive or analytical writing.

Usage and nuance: luovuttaneiden emphasizes the past action of surrender by the people described, rather than detailing motivation or consequences. It should be used where the focus is on the act and its participants, not as a general label for a group. The term is not a formal political designation; rather, it is a grammatical construction that appears in historical records, legal documents, and scholarly works when discussing events involving surrender.

See also: luovuttaa (to surrender, to yield) and luovuttanut (past participle form).