Yleistettyjen

Yleistettyjen is a Finnish grammatical form that appears in academic and formal writing. It is the genitive plural form of the past participle yleistetty, which translates roughly as "generalized" or "made general." The underlying verb is yleistää, meaning "to generalize," and it is related to yleinen, meaning "general." In Finnish, participles used as adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, so yleistetty can take various endings depending on how the noun is used. When the modified noun is in genitive plural, the adjective takes the form yleistettyjen.

In practice, yleistettyjen is used to describe information or findings that are presented as generalized or summarized across cases, studies, or data sources. The most common construction is yleistettyjen ... mukaan or yleistettyjen ... perusteella, meaning “according to the generalized ...” or “based on the generalized ...” Examples include yleistettyjen tutkimusten mukaan (according to generalized studies) and yleistettyjen tulosten perusteella (based on generalized results). The form signals a sense of aggregation or generalization beyond a single instance.

The term tends to appear in scholarly, policy, or analytical discourse where findings are discussed in a broader, generalized sense rather than in the specifics of individual studies or cases. While not everyday speech, yleistettyjen is a standard part of Finnish grammar for expressing plural genitive relationships with past participles used as adjectives. Its use helps distinguish generalized conclusions from those derived from particular datasets.