edellytettiin

Edellytettiin is the past passive form of the Finnish verb edellyttää, meaning "to require" or "to entail." It is used to indicate that a condition, prerequisite, or obligation was placed on someone or something in the past. In formal or written Finnish, edellytettiin often appears in descriptions of requirements or standards that existed at a given time.

Grammatically, edellyttää is a transitive verb. Its past passive form edellytettiin corresponds to “it was required” or “were required.” The subject of the clause is typically indefinite or general, and the object expresses what was required. Examples: “Tähän tehtävään edellytettiin hyvää suomen kielen hallintaa.” “Lääkärin todistus edellytettiin ennen matkan alkua.” The connected form edellytetty (past passive participle) can function as an adjective meaning “required.”

Related terms include edellytys (precondition, requirement) and edellyttää (present tense “to require”). The word family is commonly used in official, academic, and administrative Finnish to specify criteria, standards, or conditions that were applicable at a certain time. In contrast to its active counterpart, edellyttää, the past passive form foregrounds the existence of a requirement rather than the agent who imposes it.

Etymology traces edellytetty back to edellytys, with the verb meaning evolving to express a condition that must be met. The term is widely understood in Finnish-language contexts to denote formal or regulatory prerequisites, and it remains a standard tool for describing historical or current requirements in policy, education, and legal texts.