Vastuulliselle

Vastuullinen is a Finnish adjective meaning responsible, accountable, or reliable. Vastuulliselle is its allative form, used when the adjective directly modifies a noun that is in the allative case. In practice, vastuulliselle translates roughly as “to/for the responsible [person or entity].” The form is not a separate word with a fixed meaning; it is the grammatical inflection of the adjective to agree with a noun in allative case.

Usage of vastuulliselle occurs mainly in formal or contractual language, legal contexts, and journalistic writing, when a responsibility or duty is being directed toward a specific recipient. The adjective typically appears before the noun it modifies, and both harmonize in case and number. Examples include phrases like vastuulliselle viranomaiselle (to the responsible authority), vastuulliselle henkilölle (to the responsible person), or vastuulliselle organisaatiolle (to the responsible organization).

Common functions in sentences are to indicate the target or bearer of responsibility, duties, or actions. For instance, hakea vastauksia voidaan osoittaa vastuulliselle viranomaiselle, or the responsibility shifts to the responsible individual: vastuu siirtyi vastuulliselle henkilölle. While used primarily in formal prose, the form is a natural part of standard Finnish grammar and is understood by Finnish speakers as indicating direction toward the entity deemed responsible.

In summary, vastuulliselle is the allative inflection of the adjective vastuullinen, used to denote “to/for the responsible [entity]” when describing a noun in the allative case.