Museoiden

Museoiden is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun museo, meaning “of museums” or “the museums” in a possessive or relational sense. It is formed from the noun stem museo with the genitive plural suffix -iden. The corresponding nominative plural is museot. In many contexts, museoiden is used to connect two nouns to indicate relationship, ownership, or attribution.

In ordinary Finnish usage, the genitive plural serves to show possession or association between the two nouns in a noun phrase. For example, museoiden kokoelmat means “the collections of the museums,” where kokoelmat is the head noun and museoiden marks the museums that possess the collections. Similarly, museoiden rahoitus can be translated as “the funding of the museums.” The placement and agreement of museoiden follow standard Finnish grammar for genitive plural forms of nouns ending in -o.

Pronunciation is typically close to [ˈmuseoiden], with the stress on the first syllable. The form is common in formal writing and documentation, as well as in descriptions of partnerships, governance, or shared resources among multiple museums.

Related terms include museo (museum) and museot (museums). The word reflects the Finnic pattern of creating genitive plurals with -iden after nouns ending in -o, among other suffix patterns. Museoiden is thus a minor but frequently encountered element in Finnish possession and association constructions.