Vaativaan

Vaativaan is the illative singular form of the Finnish adjective vaativa, used to describe something intended for use in demanding contexts or to indicate movement toward a demanding state. It commonly appears in phrases like vaativaan käyttöön or vaativiin tilanteisiin, where it signals suitability for high requirements or challenging conditions.

In Finnish grammar, illative forms convey direction toward or into a state or purpose. The form vaativaan is produced from the stem vaativ- with the illative suffix -aan, adjusted for phonology. When paired with a noun in phrases such as vaativaan käyttöön or vaativaan koulutukseen, it expresses “for use in demanding …” or “into demanding training.”

Usage of vaativaan is most frequent in formal, technical, or institutional writing rather than everyday speech. It helps specify that a device, system, procedure, or program is designed to meet stringent requirements or to operate under tough conditions. For example, a device described as suunniteltu vaativaan käyttöön is presented as suitable for demanding use, and equipment intended for vaativiin tilanteisiin is described as fit for challenging scenarios.

As a grammatical inflection, vaativaan is not a standalone lexical item but a form of vaativa used to modify nouns in the illative case. It should be interpreted through the context of the noun it accompanies, such as käyttöön, koulutukseen, or tilanteisiin.

See also: Finnish language grammar, illative case, adjective inflection, vaativa.