Titteleitä

Titteleitä is a Finnish plural form related to the noun titteli, which refers to a formal designation or title. In Finnish, titteli is commonly used for job titles, academic or professional designations, and honorifics (for example professor, doctor). Titteleitä specifically is the partitive plural form, used when the object of the sentence is indefinite or part of a larger set.

In practice, titteleitä is used with verbs and numerals that require the partitive case. Examples: "Minulla on useita titteleitä." (I have several titles.) "Ansioluettelossa on useita titteleitä, kuten dosentti ja professori." (The résumé lists several titles, such as docent and professor.) The term is not typically used for the titles of works such as books or articles; Finnish ordinarily uses otsikko or nimike to refer to a title of a publication, rather than titteli.

Etymology and usage notes: titteli is a loanword in Finnish that most likely derives from Swedish titel or German Titel, with deeper roots in Latin titulus. The plural form titteleitä follows Finnish inflection patterns for nouns ending in -li, where the partitive plural ends in -eitä or -eitä. This form is common in formal or administrative contexts where several titles or designations are being counted or described.

Distinctions: titteleitä should not be confused with otsikoita or nimikkeitä, which refer to the titles of works or headings. Titteleitä concerns designation, rank, or official titles tied to a person, role, or achievement, rather than the naming of a publication.