Osoitteen

Osoitteen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun osoite, meaning "address." It is used to express possession or a relationship between the address and another noun, functioning as “of the address” or “the address’s.” In Finnish, the genitive singular is formed by adding the suffix -n to the base, so osoite becomes osoitteen. The plural genitive form is osoitteiden.

Osoitteen appears frequently in administrative, legal, and formal language, where precise relationships between entities are described. It often accompanies another noun to specify whose or what address is being referred to, or to form fixed phrases in which the address is the object of modification or determination. For example, phrases such as osoitteen muutos (change of address), postin osoitteen määrittäminen (determining the mailing address), and asuinpaikan osoitteen muuttaminen (changing the residence’s address) illustrate its use in describing changes, assignments, or attributes related to an address.

In practice, osoitteen is typically not used alone in ordinary speech; it appears as part of noun phrases within larger sentences. It is one of several derived forms from osoite, with osoitteet (addresses) serving as the plural, and osoitteiden forming the plural genitive.

See also: osoite (address), osoitteet (addresses), postiosoite (postal address), sähköpostiosoite (email address).