Teollisuuksien

Teollisuuksien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun teollisuus, meaning industries. It is used to indicate possession or association with multiple industries, and translates to “of the industries” or “the industries’.” In context, it often appears in phrases such as world or regional industrial subjects, for example maailman teollisuuksien kehitys, meaning the development of the world’s industries.

Morphology and usage: In Finnish, teollisuus has the genitive singular teollisuuden and the nominative plural teollisuudet. The genitive plural form teollisuuksien signals ownership or relatedness to more than one industry. This form is employed when the head noun is in the genitive and is followed by a modifier or is the object of a preposition, as in teollisuuksien rakenne (the structure of the industries) or Euroopan teollisuuksien muutos (the change of European industries). The construction is common in economic, historical, and geographic writing.

Semantic scope: The term covers the broad manufacturing and production sectors within an economy. Its use often contrasts with other Finnish terms for broader or more specific aspects of production, such as teollisuus (industry in general), teollistuminen (industrialization), or työllistävä toimiala (a job-creating sector). As a grammatical form, teollisuuksien does not alter meaning beyond indicating a genitive plural relationship.

See also: teollisuus; teollistuminen.