Muotoilevien

Muotoilevien is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the present active participle muotoileva, meaning shape-forming or designing. It is the genitive plural form of muotoileva and is used in noun phrases where the related noun is in a plural genitive construction. In Finnish, participles that function as adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number and case, so muotoilevien appears in contexts involving plural nouns in genitive or larger genitive phrases.

In practice, muotoilevien serves as an attributive modifier within technical or descriptive text. It often precedes a genitive noun, signaling that the noun is characterized by shaping or form-giving properties. Examples include muotoilevien tuotteiden valmistus (the production of form-shaping products), muotoilevien esineiden suunnittelu (the design of form-forming objects), or muotoilevien järjestelmien kehittäminen (the development of form-shaping systems). These phrases illustrate how muotoilevien links the concept of shaping with the nouns it describes.

Because muotoilevien is a grammatical inflection rather than a standalone dictionary entry, its precise meaning depends on the noun it modifies. The overall sense is typically "shape-forming" or "designing" in relation to the described items, processes, or domains. It is most common in technical, design, and manufacturing language.

See also: Finnish grammar, present active participles, adjectives and participles in Finnish.