Syytteelle

Syytteelle is the allative form of the Finnish noun syyte, meaning charge or indictment. In Finnish grammar, the allative ending -lle marks direction toward or target of an action, and syytteelle is used primarily in formal legal language to refer to the indictment or the act of targeting a charge.

In legal and parliamentary prose, syytteelle appears in expressions describing procedural steps related to criminal charges. Typical constructions include phrases such as syytteelle asettaminen (the bringing of a charge against someone) and syytteelle nostaminen (the filing or pressing of charges). The term denotes the indictment as the object or focal point of prosecutorial action, rather than describing the person who is accused.

Syyte itself refers to a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime, and its grammatical forms—such as syytteelle (allative), syytteeseen (illative, “into the charge/being charged”), and syytteestä (elative, “from the charge”)—are part of standard Finnish legal vocabulary. While syytteelle is common in written legal texts, newspapers, and official documents, it is rarely used in everyday speech, where more general phrases like “nostaa syyte” (to press/bring charges) or “syyttää” (to accuse) are more common.

Etymology-wise, the term combines syyte with the directional suffix -lle, aligning with Finnish inflection patterns for indicating movement toward or targeting of a concrete charge within the jurisdictional process.