korotetun

Korotetun is a Finnish grammatical form. It is the genitive singular form of the adjective-participle korotettu, meaning raised or increased. As a result, korotetun appears before a noun to indicate that the noun has been raised or increased in some sense, typically in formal or technical language.

In usage, korotetun is common in legal, economic, and administrative contexts. It functions to modify a following noun in genitive case, with familiar pairings such as hinn an (price), korko (interest rate), or lainan (loan). Example phrases include: korotetun hinnan vuoksi, meaning due to the raised price, and korotetun lainan korko, meaning the interest on the increased loan. The form helps express a passive or resultant quality of the noun it describes.

Morphology and notes. Korotetun is the genitive singular form of korotettu, which itself comes from the verb korottaa, “to raise” or “to increase.” Other forms of the same adjective-participle include nominative korotettu and partitive korotettua. In Finnish, korotetun is used exclusively within noun phrases and is not a stand-alone noun. Its use is most widespread in formal documents, financial reports, and regulatory texts where a value or quantity has been altered or increased.