juttujen

Juttu is a Finnish noun with several related meanings, including a story or anecdote, a news item or article, and a matter or affair. The form juttujen is the genitive plural of juttu and is used to indicate a relationship to multiple juttuja, such as possession or association, for example in phrases like juttujen määrä (the number of stories or matters) or juttujen aiheet (the topics of the stories or matters).

In everyday Finnish, juttu can refer to both narrative pieces and informal matters or gossip. When speaking about multiple items or topics, juttujen is used to link the noun to another element in a sentence, most commonly as a modifier to specify which stories or matters are being discussed. The meaning of juttujen may shift slightly depending on context, but it generally conveys a plural sense of items that are being talked about or analyzed.

Common uses include describing quantities, topics, or sources related to stories or matters. Examples include juttujen määrä kasvaa (the number of stories/matters is increasing), juttujen aiheet käsittelevät taloutta (the topics of the stories concern the economy), and juttujen lähteet (the sources of the stories). In journalistic or media contexts juttu often means an article or report, with juttujen referring to multiple such items.

Notes on terminology: juttujen is a grammatical form rather than a separate lexical entry. It is employed in formal and semi-formal Finnish to express possession or relation to multiple juttuja, and it coexists with the more general partitive form juttuja used for unspecified quantities.