Slutändigt

Slutändigt is a Swedish adverb meaning “in a final or concluding way” or “ultimately.” It is relatively rare in contemporary Swedish and is typically found in formal, literary, or analytic writing. In everyday speech, speakers more often use expressions such as slutligen or i slutändan to express finality.

Usage and nuance: Slutändigt signals that a process, argument, or evaluation has reached its end and a definitive conclusion follows. It can modify a verb or an entire clause and is most common in written prose, academic writing, or historical narrative. Because it is not widely attested in modern dictionaries, some speakers may consider it stylistically marked or archaic.

Etymology and form: The term appears to be a compound of slut (“end”) and the adverbial suffix -ändigt, a productive though relatively infrequent pattern in Swedish. The suffix -ändigt forms adverbs that characterize manner or degree, but slutändigt is not as common as other finality expressions.

Examples: After an extensive evaluation, slutändigt fastställdes att projektet skulle fortsätta. Efter en längre studie fann man slutändigt att hypotesen var korrekt.

See also: i slutändan (in the end), slutligen (finally).