Sijoitettavaa

Sijoitettavaa is a Finnish grammatical form used as the partitive singular of the adjective sijoitettava, meaning something that is to be placed or invested. The word is most commonly found in contexts where an indefinite amount of something is described as destined for investment, placement, or allocation.

Usage and examples

Sijoitettavaa is typically used with nouns in the partitive case, which signals an indefinite quantity. For example:

- Yrityksellä on sijoitettavaa pääomaa. (The company has capital to be invested.)

- Tarvitaan sijoitettavaa rahaa projektiin. (There is money to be invested in the project.)

In plural form the corresponding form is sijoitettavia, as in sijoitettavia varoja (investable assets).

Grammar notes

Sijoitettavaa functions as a descriptive, to-be-invested modifier that aligns with the noun in partitive case. It is related to the participial family formed from sijoittaa (to place, to invest), including the active participle sijoittava and the related form sijoitettava, which also conveys “to be placed/invested” in different syntactic contexts. The choice between forms depends on grammatical role and the case of the noun it modifies.

Contexts

The term is common in finance, business planning, and legal or formal documents, where it helps differentiate invested or investable resources from already invested assets. It can also appear in budgeting discussions, portfolio management, and contractual language describing future investments.

Etymology

Derived from the Finnish verb sijoittaa, via the participial construction -ttava to form sijoitettava, with the partitive suffix -a/-ä used to produce sijoitettavaa for indefinite quantities.