digitaalisiksi

Digitaalisiksi is a Finnish translative plural form of the adjective used to express a change of state into a digital form for several items. It is commonly found in sentences that describe digitization or digitizing processes, for example when documents, forms, or media are converted into digital formats. The form typically appears with verbs of transformation such as muunnetaan, tehdään, or muutetaan, for instance: Dokumentit muunnetaan digitaalisiksi.

Linguisticly, digitaalisiksi is derived from the root digitaali- (digital) with the typical Finnish adjective suffix -inen to form digitaalis- or digitaalis-, and the translative plural suffix -iksi. The translative case signals a change into the specified state, so digitaalisiksi denotes “into digital form” for multiple items or classifications. In usage, the expression often accompanies nouns in nominative or subject position, where the complement indicates the target state.

In practical terms, digitaalisiksi is widely used in business, education, administration, and information technology contexts to describe the outcome of digitization efforts. Examples include converting paper records to digital files, making teaching materials digital, or transforming workflows into digital processes. It also appears in policy and strategy discussions about digital transformation (digitaalinen muutos) and digital stewardship.

Related terms include digitaalisuus (digitality) and digitaalinen muutos (digital transformation). The term is distinct from adverbs like digitaalisesti (digitally); digitaalisiksi functions as a complement to verbs of becoming, indicating the resulting digital form.