Urbanisoituneiden

Urbanisoituneiden is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the past participle urbanisoitunut, meaning urbanized. It represents the genitive plural form used to modify a head noun in genitive plural in phrases that refer to urbanized things or groups (for example, urbanisoituneiden alueiden kehitys, the development of the urbanized areas, or urbanisoituneiden ihmisten arki, the daily life of urbanized people). The form functions within noun phrases rather than as a standalone concept.

In usage, urbanisoituneiden typically accompanies a following noun in genitive plural, or participates in a larger noun phrase with the main noun in genitive as well. The word is common in Finnish sociological and urban studies literature when describing populations or spaces that have undergone urbanization. It does not denote a separate social category by itself, but rather serves as a grammatical descriptor.

Related forms include urbanisoituminen (the process of urbanization or urbanization in general), urbanisoituneet (the urbanized, in nominative plural), and urbanisoitunut (the singular nominative). The term illustrates how Finnish uses participial adjectives to express relationships between a modifier and a head noun within genitive constructions, allowing precise references such as the development of the urbanized areas or the identity of urbanized groups.