Suhtautuvan

Suhtautuvan is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb suhtautua, meaning to relate to or to have an attitude toward something. It is the genitive singular form of the present active participle suhtautuva, which designates someone or something that relates to or holds a particular attitude toward a subject. As a participle, suhtautuva functions as an adjective-like modifier, and its genitive singular form suhtautuvan is used when the participle is part of a noun phrase that denotes possession or association.

In practice, suhtautuvan appears in contexts where the speaker wants to emphasize the attitude or stance of a person or entity toward something. It tends to occur in more formal or literary Finnish and is less common in everyday speech. The participle can be combined with a following noun in genitive to form phrases such as suhtautuvan henkilön mielipide (“the opinion of the person who relates/has the attitude toward it”), illustrating how the form links the agent’s attitude to another noun.

Related terms include the base verb suhtautua, the noun suhtautuminen (attitude or stance toward something), and other participial forms such as suhtautuva (present active participle used attributively in its basic form). The concept overlaps with broader notions of attitude, stance, or disposition in Finnish, where asenne or suhtautumistapa may be used for more general expressions.

See also: suhtautua, suhtautuminen, asenne, suhtautumistapa.