Vallanneet

Vallanneet is a Finnish past active participle form of the verb vallata, meaning “to conquer.” It is the plural form used to describe multiple agents who have completed the action of conquering, and it commonly functions as an attributive participle in noun phrases, for example: Kaupungin vallanneet sotilaat meaning “the soldiers who conquered the city.”

Grammatically, vallanneet is a non-finite participle that agrees with the noun it modifies in number. It can introduce a relative-like clause or act as a descriptive modifier within a noun phrase. The singular counterpart is vallannut. In practice, vallanneet is frequent in formal or historical writing and in journalism when describing past conquests or occupations carried out by groups.

In usage, vallanneet typically denotes completed action by multiple actors and often appears in contexts discussing military campaigns, territorial changes, or historical events. As with other Finnish participles, its case and inflection align with the head noun in the phrase, allowing variations such as vallanneiden (genitive plural) to express possessive relationships, for example, vallanneiden sotilaiden luku (the number of the soldiers who conquered).

See also: vallata, vallankumous, historia.

Note: Vallanneet is not a separate verb form for finite statements; it is a non-finite participle used within larger sentences to convey prior, collective action. Its meaning can be translated to English as “who have conquered” or “the conquered (ones).”