konsepteiksi

Konsepteiksi is a Finnish inflected form of the noun konsepti, meaning concept. In Finnish grammar it is used to express “as concepts” or “into concepts,” typically functioning as a predicative complement in clauses that indicate categorization or transformation. The form is the translative plural, used when referring to multiple items being regarded or transformed into concepts.

Usage and examples

Konsepteiksi appears in academic writing, design, information architecture, and pedagogy to mark classification or reformulation. Examples include: Ideoita voidaan muuntaa konsepteiksi suunnitteluprosessissa (Ideas can be transformed into concepts in the design process). Useita ideoita käsiteltiin konsepteiksi tutkimuksessa (Several ideas were treated as concepts in the study). Määritellessään aineistoa tutkija esitti ne konsepteiksi (When defining the material, the researcher presented them as concepts).

Related forms and nuance

Finnish distinguishes between essive and translative forms of the same idea. Konsepteiksi expresses a translative sense, such as “into concepts” or “as concepts.” A corresponding essive form would be konsepteina (as concepts, in a more temporary or descriptive sense). These nuances affect how the category or transformation is framed in a sentence.

Etymology

The word konsepti is a loanword from English concept, itself from Latin conceptus. Konseptin plural and related inflections, such as konsepteiksi, have developed inside Finnish to express categorization or transformation into multiple concepts.

See also

Konsepti, konsepti- related design and information architecture concepts, Finnish grammar on translative and essive cases.