Päätetty

Päätetty is a Finnish term that denotes something that has been decided. It is the past passive participle of the verb päättää, meaning that a decision has been made. In everyday use, päätetty functions as an adjective or as part of a predicate in passive constructions.

In practical grammar, päätetty appears both predicatively and attributively. Predicatively, it is used in phrases like On päätetty, että ... to indicate that a course of action has been determined. Attributively, it can modify nouns, as in päätetty ratkaisu (a decision that has been made) or päätetty hankinta, reflecting the result of a decision rather than the process itself. Because Finnish adjectives and participles decline with the noun they modify, päätetty follows standard Finnish agreement in number and case.

Etymologically, päätetty is formed from the verb päättää (to decide) with the past passive participle suffix -tty. It is closely related to the noun päätös, meaning “decision,” and to the related verb forms that express decision-making and its outcomes.

In usage, päätetty is common in official communications, reports, and news where authorities announce decisions or outcomes. It conveys that the decision has been finalized and action may follow. It is not typically used as a proper noun; when capitalized, Päätetty may appear as a title or in a stylized form, but such use is not standard.

Overall, päätetty is a standard Finnish grammatical form used to express that something has already been decided, functioning as a modifier or part of a predicative statement.