majoittaja

Ma joittaja is the Finnish term for a person or entity that provides lodging or housing for others. It covers landlords who rent out apartments or houses, innkeepers and other hospitality providers, as well as owners of holiday properties who offer accommodation to guests. The role may involve furnishing, maintaining, and, in some arrangements, supplying related services such as cleaning or breakfast.

The word derives from majoitus (lodging) and the agentive suffix -ttaja, meaning “one who does.” In everyday language majoittaja is a neutral, descriptive term. In formal legal contexts the most common terms are vuokranantaja for a landlord in a rental relationship or a lodging operator in Finnish law. The nuance is that majoittaja focuses on the act of providing lodging, not on ownership or contractual status.

Contexts and usage vary. In housing markets, majoittaja may be the owner or the manager who makes a dwelling available to a tenant under a lease. In the hospitality industry, majoittaja describes someone hosting guests in a guesthouse, bed-and-breakfast, or other accommodation facility. The word is versatile and gender-neutral, suitable for describing a wide range of lodging-provision roles without implying specific legal relationships.