adjektiivisenxytteen

Adjektiivisenxytteen is a nonstandard or typographic variant referring to the Finnish phrase adjektiivisen näytteen, meaning an adjective sample. In linguistics and language teaching, the term denotes a curated set of adjectives selected to illustrate typical properties of Finnish adjectives and their use in sentences. The concatenated form with an x is not part of standard Finnish orthography and is mainly seen in digital texts or as a placeholder.

The adjektiivisen näytteen is used to demonstrate how adjectives inflect for number and case, how they interact with nouns, and how degree and comparison are expressed. It also helps illustrate the difference between attributive use (before a noun) and predicative use (after a linking verb), as well as agreement in phrases and sentences. The sample can be applied in teaching, linguistic description, and corpus annotation to provide concrete examples of adjective behavior in context.

A typical adjektiivisen näytteen collects a range of adjectives varying in stem type and frequency. Common selections might include everyday descriptors such as fast, big, old, and beautiful, used in simple sentences to show how forms change with different nouns and syntactic roles. While the exact forms depend on standard Finnish inflection, the aim is to cover representative patterns of morphosyntactic variation and to serve as a reference point for learners and researchers.

See also: Finnish language, adjective, grammar, morphosyntax.