Tavoittelevien

Tavoittelevien is a Finnish grammatical form that appears in the genitive plural of the present active participle of the verb tavoitella, meaning to aim or to aspire. As a participle form, it functions in adjective-like and noun-like roles within noun phrases.

In practice, tavoitella yields a present active participle stem tavoittelev-, and the genitive plural ending -ien gives tavoittelevien. This form is used to refer to people who are described by the action of aiming or aspiring, often in a group or collective sense. It is most commonly encountered in formal or written Finnish when describing categories of people or describing goals and aspirations in analyses or discussions.

Usage and meaning: tavoittelevien translates roughly to “of those who aim” or “the aspiring ones,” depending on the context. It forms part of a larger noun phrase, typically modifying another noun to specify a group characterized by aspiration. For example, in a phrase such as tavoittelevien joukko or tavoittelevien nuorten, it conveys “a group of aspirants/aspiring youths.” Because it is a participial genitive form, its exact placement and agreement depend on the head noun in the phrase, in keeping with Finnish attributive structure.

Related forms and alternatives: The finite form tavoittelevat means “they aim,” and the genitive singular tavoittelevan means “of the aiming one.” The term is closely related to nouns such as tavoitteen as well as to the adjective- and noun-form tavoitettinen-related expressions. A common lexical alternative for referring to people who pursue goals is tavoittelija (an aspirant), whose plural is tavoittelevat or similar depending on usage.

See also: tavoite, tavoitella, tavoitteellisuus, tavoittelija.