käytettävään

Käytettävään is a Finnish inflected form derived from the participle usedkäyttävä of the verb käyttää (to use). It carries a meaning related to something that is to be used or that is usable, and it functions as an adjective-like form that can modify a noun. In everyday language the basic idea is “to be used” or “usable,” and the form appears in contexts where a noun is described with regard to its use or intended use.

Morphology and usage

Finnish participles decline like adjectives, so käytettävä can take different endings for different cases. Käytettävään is one such ending, typically encountered in phrases that specify purpose, destination, or a state related to use. The form is common in written language—especially in technical, instructional, or legal texts—where precise specification of how something is to be used is important. The word operates alongside other related forms, such as käytettävä (present passive participle in non-inflected use) and käyttö (use), to express concepts of usability and function.

Context and interpretation

In practice, käytettävään appears in constructions that describe objects, devices, or provisions in terms of their intended use. For example, it may be found in phrases that explain where a component should be applied or how a product should be used. The exact meaning depends on the surrounding case markings and the noun it modifies, but the core sense remains linked to use and usability rather than action performed by a subject.

Etymology and related terms

Käytettävään derives from the verb käyttää, through the present passive participle muodosta käytettävä. Related words include käytettävä, käytettäväksi and käyttö, which share the same root and contribute to a family of terms describing use and usability.