haettavaksi

Haettavaksi is a Finnish verb form derived from hakea, meaning to seek or to apply for. It is a predicative participle form used to indicate that something is open to applications or is to be sought after. The word commonly appears in official notices and public announcements to signal an invitation to participate, bid, or apply.

The phrase is most often encountered in employment, funding, or procurement contexts. In job advertisements you may see sentences such as “Meillä on haettavana seuraava tehtävä,” which translates roughly to “We have the following position open for applicants.” Other examples include “Hankerahoitus on haettavaksi kesäkuun loppuun mennessä” (Funding is open for applications until the end of June) and “haettavaksi tarkoitetut hakemukset” (applications intended to be submitted for consideration). In these cases haettavaksi functions as a marker that the subject is available to applicants or bidders.

Grammatically, haettavaksi is formed from the participle haettava with the translative -ksi, yielding a construction that can appear in predicative position or as part of noun phrases describing open opportunities. It is closely related to haettava (the adjective/participial stem indicating “to be applied for”) and haettavana (the adessive form used in other constructions).

See also: hakea, haettava, haettavissa.