edellyttämiä

Edellyttämiä is a Finnish adjective form used with nouns to indicate that something is required or necessary. It is derived from the verb edellyttää, meaning to require, and functions as a modifier in noun phrases. The form edellyttämiä is typically encountered when the noun it describes is in the partitive plural, as in phrases like edellyttämiä ehtoja or edellyttämiä tietoja. In practice, it translates to “required” or “necessary,” emphasizing conditions or information that must be met or provided.

Common usage and contexts

Edellyttämiä is most often found in formal, administrative, legal, or educational writing. It describes prerequisites, conditions, or pieces of information that are necessary for a process or decision. It appears in sentences such as: “Koulutukseen sisään pääsemiseksi on täytettävä edellyttämiä ehtoja,” meaning “To gain admission, one must meet the required conditions.” Another example is “Hakemuksessa on toimitettava edellyttämiä asiakirjoja,” meaning “The application must include the required documents.” A third example is “Hankkeen rahoitus edellyttää edellyttämiä tietoja,” meaning “The project funding requires the necessary information.”

Relationship to related terms

Edellyttämät and edellytetyt are related forms used for other grammatical contexts. The broader concept is the same: describing elements that are essential for a given purpose. In everyday language, speakers may also use synonyms such as pakollista, välttämön, or vaadittu, though those may carry slightly different nuances of obligation or necessity.

See also

Edellytys (prerequisite), Ehto (condition), Vaadittu (required), Pakollinen (mandatory).