Päätöksentekijään

Päätöksentekijään is the illative singular form of the Finnish noun päätöksentekijä, meaning the decision-maker. The form signals movement toward or orientation toward the decision-maker in contexts where the target of an action is a person or body authorized to make decisions.

The base noun päätöksentekijä is a compound of päätös (decision) and tekijä (maker), referring to someone who has the authority to decide or to a decision-making body. In Finnish grammar, the illative case indicates direction into or toward something, and päätöksentekijään is the corresponding singular form. The plural illative would be päätöksentekijöihin.

In usage, päätöksentekijään appears in formal or administrative language when a matter is directed at or addressed to the decision-maker. It can occur in descriptions of processes, communications, or procedures where the recipient of a document, inquiry, or directive is the decision-maker. The form is typically found in written texts such as policy documents, reports, or procedural guidelines and is less common in casual speech.

For reference, other related forms include nominative päätöksentekijä (the decision-maker), genitive päätöksentekijän (of the decision-maker), and allative päätöksentekijälle (to the decision-maker). The illative form, päätöksentekijään, is part of the broader Finnish case system and illustrates how compound nouns behave within different grammatical cases in formal language.