Vähennettyjen

Vähennettyjen is a Finnish grammatical form, the genitive plural of the past passive participle vähennetty, which comes from the verb vähentää meaning to reduce. It functions as a participial adjective and is used to modify a following noun in the genitive case to indicate that the noun has undergone a reduction. The form is not a standalone noun; it appears in noun phrases such as vähennettyjen kustannusten, meaning “of the reduced costs.”

Formation and usage: The base form is vähennetty. To create the genitive plural, the ending -jen is added, yielding vähennettyjen. This form is used when referring to multiple items that have been reduced, typically in formal or technical contexts such as budgeting, accounting, policy documentation, or statistical reports. For example: “Vähennettyjen kustannusten hallinta on keskeinen osa budjetointia,” meaning that managing reduced costs is a central part of budgeting. Another example: “Vähennettyjen veropohjien vaikutukset on arvioitava.” These constructions demonstrate how the form links a plural set of nouns to the idea of reduction.

Relationship to other forms: Vähennettyjen contrasts with other related forms such as vähennetty (singular nominative/ensembe form), which stands alone as a past passive participle, and with vähennettyjen combined with different genitive nouns to produce phrases like “vähennettyjen kustannusten,” “vähennettyjen palkkojen,” and so on. The term is common in administrative, financial, and legal Finnish, where exact references to reduced quantities, costs, or obligations appear frequently.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles, genitive case, noun phrases.