hankkeeksi

Hankkeeksi is the translative form of the Finnish noun hanke, meaning project. In Finnish grammar, the translative suffix -ksi expresses a change of state or designation, roughly corresponding to “into a project” or “as a project” in English. The form hankkeeksi is used when something is transformed into a project or when something is regarded as a project.

Common usage and examples

- Idea muuttui hankkeeksi. (The idea became a project.)

- Suunnitelma muutettiin hankkeeksi. (The plan was changed into a project.)

- Rahoituspäätös hyväksyttiin hankkeeksi. (The funding decision was approved as a project.)

Notes on form and meaning

- The word hankkeeksi involves a phonological adjustment in Finnish; the base hankke gains the translative -eksi, yielding hankkeeksi, with the typical consonant doubling seen in some -ksi forms.

- Finnish also allows a related essive form hankkeena, which marks a temporary role or state (“as a project” in a ongoing sense). Hankkeeksi, by contrast, emphasizes a transition or designation into a project.

Context

- Hankkeeksi is widely used in public administration, project proposals, grant applications, and planning documents where ideas and initiatives are formalized or redefined as projects.

See also

- hanke (project)

- translative case (Finnish grammar)