Numeroidaan

Numeroidaan is the present passive form of the Finnish verb numeroida, meaning to number. In usage, numeroidaan denotes that a set of items is assigned numbers as part of a process, rather than making a statement about the items themselves. The passive form is created from the verb stem numeroida with the present passive suffix -aan/-ään, yielding numeroidaan. The subject is not expressed in the passive; the agent is often omitted or inferred from context.

Common contexts for numeroidaan include organizing lists, sequences in documents, databases, catalogs, invoicing, and bibliographies, where items are given a serial or entry number. It appears in procedural texts, software interfaces, and administrative instructions to describe numbering steps, whether performed automatically by systems or manually by users.

Examples illustrate its use in sentences such as: Dokumentit numeroidaan automaattisesti. Käyttäjien nimet numeroidaan järjestykseen. The form is versatile and can convey processes that assign identifiers to items, pages, records, or entries.

Etymology notes: numeroidaan derives from numeroida, built on numero (number), itself a loan from Latin numero. The Finnish verb formation uses typical patterns to create the present passive, enabling concise descriptions of numbering processes across different domains. See also numeroida, numerointi, luettelo.