laadukkaan

Laadukkaan is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective laadukas, meaning high-quality. It is used to attribute high quality to a noun and appears before the noun in a genitive construction, for example: laadukkaan tuotteen valinta (the choice of a high-quality product) or laadukkaan materiaalin käyttö (the use of high-quality material).

In Finnish, adjectives inflect to agree with their nouns in case and number. Thus, alongside laadukkaan, you have other forms such as laadukas (nominative singular), laadukkaat (nominative plural), and laadukkaiden (genitive plural). The genitive singular form laadukkaan is commonly used when the head noun is in the genitive case, as in laadukkaan tuotteen tai laadukkaan rakennuksen suunnittelu.

Etymology and formation: laadukas is formed from the noun laatu (quality) with a derivational suffix that yields an adjective meaning “high-quality.” The genitive singular ending -n (resulting in laadukkaan) is part of Finnish noun–adjective agreement in cases.

Usage notes: Laadukkaan is most frequently found in formal or marketing language, technical writing, and contexts where the quality of the noun is being specified. It is not a standalone noun; it functions as an attributive adjective that agrees with the noun it modifies. Common synonyms or near-synonyms include korkealaatuinen and hyvän laatu, though they may carry slightly different nuance or usage patterns.