Perittävänä

Perittävänä is a Finnish term used in discussions of inheritance, wills, and estate distribution. It denotes something that is to be inherited or bequeathed by a deceased person. The form is a participial construction built from the concept of inheritance and is commonly found in legal and formal writing to describe assets, rights, or portions of an estate designated for a future heir.

Usage and meaning

In everyday language, perittävänä appears most often in phrases describing what remains to be transferred after death. Examples include perittävänä oleva omaisuus (the estate to be inherited) or perittävänä oleva perintö (the inheritance to be passed on). It functions predicatively or attributively, typically referring to property, funds, or other rights that have a specified recipient under a will or succession arrangement.

Context and nuance

The term is most common in legal, financial, and genealogical contexts. It conveys a status of futurity in inheritance—something that is destined to pass to heirs or beneficiaries. While it can appear in historical sources, it remains most relevant in contemporary probate and estate planning language.

Relation to related terms

Related Finnish terms include perintö (inheritance), perillinen (heir), perinnönjako (estate division), and periyttää or periytyä (to bequeath/to be inherited). Perittävänä is not typically used in casual speech, but rather in formal descriptions of how an estate is to be distributed.

See also

Perintö, perillinen, perinnönjako, periyttää, periytyä.