Nautittavan

Nautittavan is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective nautittava, meaning “enjoyable” or “pleasurable.” The underlying adjective is formed from the verb nauttia, “to enjoy,” with the common participial suffix -ttava that creates adjectives describing a characteristic or potential.

In usage, nautittavan is used to modify a noun in the genitive case. For example, in the phrase nautittavan lounaan valmistaminen, the noun phrase describes something pertaining to an enjoyable lunch’s preparation, i.e., “the preparation of an enjoyable lunch.” Here the adjective agrees with the genitive noun lounaan, and nautittavan displays the genitive singular form of the adjective.

Nautittavan often appears in written or formal Finnish. In everyday speech, speakers may prefer simpler constructions such as using the base adjective nautittava directly with a noun in nominative or restructuring the phrase to avoid the genitive, for instance by saying “nautinnollinen lounas” (an enjoyable lunch) instead of a longer genitive construction.

Related terms include nautinto (pleasure, enjoyment) and nauttia (to enjoy). The concept is closely tied to experiences or objects that bring satisfaction, and the word remains a standard descriptive option in descriptive or evaluative contexts.

See also: nauttia, nautinto, nautittava.