kastiketta

Kastiketta is the partitive singular form of the Finnish noun kastike, meaning sauce or gravy. In everyday Finnish, kastiketta is used when referring to an unspecified amount of sauce, or when the action involves consuming or serving sauce without indicating a specific quantity. It is a common form in recipes, menus, and ordinary speech.

Grammatically, kastiketta is partitive singular. Related forms include kastikkeen (genitive, “of the sauce” or “the sauce’s”), kastikkeet (nominative plural, “the sauces”), and kastikkeita (partitive plural, “some sauces”). The partitive form is typically used after verbs that express a non-finite quantity or negation, such as haluan kastiketta (I want some sauce) or en syö kastiketta (I do not eat any sauce).

In Finnish cuisine, kastike refers to a wide range of sauces used with different dishes, including meat, fish, vegetables, and pasta. Common examples include a meat gravy, a cream-based sauce, tomato sauce, and various pan sauces, each prepared to complement the main ingredient. While kastike covers many types, kastiketta emphasizes an undetermined portion rather than a specific, countable amount.

Usage notes emphasize that kastiketta signals quantity rather than a specific dish. In recipes or menus, it can appear as part of phrases like “tarjoile kastiketta” (serve some sauce) or “lisää kastiketta” (add some sauce). Overall, kastiketta is a ordinary, versatile form used to refer to sauce in everyday Finnish language.