Vaatimukseen

Vaatimukseen is the illative singular form of the Finnish noun vaatimus, meaning a demand, claim, or requirement. The base noun vaatimus refers to something that must be satisfied or asserted, and it is commonly used in legal, administrative, contractual, or general contexts. The illative case marks direction toward the thing of the demand, roughly translating as “to the demand” or “to the claim.” The word’s etymology traces to vaatia (to demand) plus the noun-forming suffix -mus, yielding a concept of an act or assertion that can be addressed.

In use, vaatimus appears mainly in formal language. It denotes a stated demand or requirement directed at a party, such as a requester or claimant. The illative form vaatimukseen is common when specifying what is being addressed or responded to, for example in sentences like “Vaatimukseen vastataan määräajassa,” meaning “The demand is answered within the deadline.” The term is frequent in legal and bureaucratic documents, but it also appears in everyday discussions about rights or obligations.

Grammatical forms related to vaatimus include: nominative plural vaatimukset (demands/claims), genitive vaatimuksen (of the demand), and partitive vaatimus/vaatimusta. Plural illative forms include vaatimuksiin, used when indicating movement toward multiple demands or claims. The word is closely tied to the concepts of entitlement, obligation, and redress, and is often contrasted with broader terms like vaatimuslista (list of demands) or oikeus vaatia (to have the right to demand).