Maatuotteiden

Maatuotteiden is not a standard Finnish dictionary headword. In most contexts it would be interpreted as a genitive plural form of a nonstandard or truncated noun such as maatuotteet, but maatuotteet itself is not the conventional term used for agricultural products. The usual Finnish expression for agricultural products is maataloustuotteet, and its genitive plural is maataloustuotteiden.

Linguistic note: In Finnish, compounds related to agriculture are typically formed with the element maatalous- (agriculture) rather than a simple maatuo- stem. Therefore the common and correct genitive plural is maataloustuotteiden, used in sentences like “maataloustuotteiden vienti on kasvanut” (the export of agricultural products has grown). If one encounters maat uotteiden as two words or as a shortened form, it is likely a typographical error, a dialectal variant, or a proper name rather than standard language.

Usage and interpretation: When seen in formal writing, Maatuotteiden should be treated with caution. Unless it appears as a fixed name or title, the intended word is probably maataloustuotteiden or maataloustuotteet in other cases (nominative plural). In general, speakers and editors would prefer the standard maataloustuotteet and maataloustuotteiden to avoid ambiguity.

See also: Finnish grammar, genitive case, compound nouns, maataloustuotteet.