Saavutettavaksi

Saavutettavaksi is a Finnish verbal form derived from the verb saavuttaa, meaning to reach or to achieve. It is the passive infinitive form built with the -ttava stem and the marker -ksi, and it is used to express that something is to be reached, obtained, or made accessible. In English, it corresponds to “to be achievable” or “to be accessible,” depending on the context. The form is common in formal or policy language where goals, standards, or conditions are described as things that should be attained or made available.

Usage of saavuttavaksi occurs in contexts such as project planning, legislation, and accessibility discourse. It often appears with auxiliary verbs or phrases that indicate obligation or intention, for example: “Tavoite on saavutettavaksi vuoteen 2025 mennessä” meaning “The goal is to be achieved by 2025,” or “Järjestelmän on tehtävä saavutettavaksi kaikille käyttäjille,” meaning “The system must be made accessible to all users.” Another common construction is “saavutettavaksi asetettu tavoite,” meaning “a goal set to be achieved.”

Relation to related terms is straightforward: saavutettavaksi is connected to saavutettavuus, the noun for accessibility, and to the more general concept of something being achievable (saavutettava). The form is characteristic of Finnish where verb stems are extended with participial and inflectional endings to express nuanced modality in formal writing.

See also: saavutettavuus, saavutettava.