Yllättävistä

Yllättävistä is a Finnish adjective form derived from yllättävä, meaning “surprising” or “unexpected.” It is used when describing more than one noun and appears in contexts where the modifier and the noun are part of a larger phrase. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, and yllättävistä is one of the forms that can occur with plural nouns.

In practice, yllättävistä most often appears in phrases that refer to multiple surprising things or phenomena. Common examples include yllättävistä havainnoista, yllättävistä tuloksista, and yllättävistä ilmiöistä, which translate roughly to “of surprising observations,” “of surprising results,” and “of surprising phenomena,” respectively. The exact nuance depends on the case used with the noun, but the general sense is that several items in the discussion are remarkable or unexpected.

The form is most frequent in written Finnish, including academic writing, journalism, and analytical prose, where speakers want to emphasize that more than one element stands out as surprising. It is part of normal inflection patterns for adjectives in Finnish and is produced by applying the standard plural and case endings to the stem yllättäv-.

Summary: yllättävistä is the plural, case-appropriate form of the adjective yllättävä used to describe or refer to multiple surprising items. Its usage signals that more than one element in the discourse is notable for being surprising and is common in formal or analytical Finnish. See also yllättävä (base form) and Finnish adjective declension.