artistien

Artistien is a word in Finnish, functioning as the genitive plural form of the noun artisti, which means "artist." As a grammatical form, artistien is used to indicate possession, association or relationship with multiple artists, equivalent to English constructions such as "of the artists" or "the artists'." It appears in phrases like artistien esiintyminen ("the artists' performance") or artistien yhteisö ("community of the artists").

The base word artisti is a borrowing from other European languages and denotes people engaged in creative, performing or visual arts. The Finnish plural and case system produces artistien by combining the stem with the genitive plural ending, following regular inflection patterns for words of similar structure. Related forms include artistit (nominative plural, "artists") and artistin (genitive singular, "of the artist").

In addition to its grammatical role, artistien can appear as part of proper names, titles or headlines, where it functions stylistically to emphasize a group identity or collective possession. Because it is a common Finnish grammatical form rather than a unique proper noun, its specific meaning depends on context. When encountered in texts, translations should preserve the relational sense by rendering it according to the surrounding phrase (for example, "the artists' exhibition" or "the artists' association").