Vuoteen

Vuoteen is a grammatical form found in Finnish. It is the genitive singular of the noun vuode, which means bed. In English, vuoteen translates roughly as “the bed’s” or “of the bed,” depending on the context. It is not typically treated as a standalone word in ordinary speech, but rather as a possessive form used to connect two nouns in a phrase.

In use, vuoteen functions as the possessor in a noun phrase, indicating that something belongs to or is associated with the bed. The second noun in the phrase carries the primary meaning as the item possessed or related to the bed. For example, a phrase such as vuoteen väri would be understood as “the bed’s color,” and vuoteen lakana as “the bed’s sheet.” The form is part of Finnish noun inflection and interacts with the case and number of the following noun.

Relation to other forms is important: vuode’s illative form, used to express movement into the bed, is vuoteeseen (depending on vowel harmony). The genitive vuoteen is distinct from this illative form and serves a different grammatical purpose.

Aside from its role in Finnish grammar, vuoteen does not denote a separate lexical concept or widely recognized term in other languages. It is primarily a grammatical inflection and is encountered mainly in noun phrases that express possession or association with the bed.

See also: Finnish grammar, genitive case, noun declension, vuode.