Vaatekappaleen

Vaatekappaleen is a Finnish noun form referring to a garment or article of clothing. Specifically, vaatekappaleen is the genitive singular form of the base word vaatekappale, meaning “of the garment” or “the garment’s.” The term is used when indicating possession, attribution, or characteristics related to a piece of clothing.

Vaatekappaleen is formed from vaate (clothing) and kappale (piece, item). The compound word vaatekappale denotes a single clothing item, such as a shirt, jacket, dress, or trouser leg. In Finnish fashion and textile discourse, vaatekappaleen appears in contexts like descriptions, catalogs, and design notes to specify attributes of a particular garment.

The genitive singular ending -en marks possession or association, as in vaatekappaleen väri (the color of the garment) or vaatekappaleen koko (the garment’s size). The nominative is vaatekappale, the plural nominative vaatekappaleet, and the genitive plural vaatekappaleiden. In noun phrases, vaatekappaleen often functions as the head noun with the genitive attribute describing a property of the garment.

Common contexts include fashion retail, sewing, pattern making, museum labeling, and second-hand markets. Related terms include vaate (garment in a broader sense), vaatekappaleiden luettelointi (listing garments), and asuste (accessory). Understanding vaatekappaleen helps in analyzing Finnish descriptions of clothing and in constructing grammatically correct noun phrases that refer to specific garments.