merkinnän

Merkinnän is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun merkintä, which means a note, entry, mark, or notation. As a grammatical form, merkinnän is used to indicate possession or relation, for example merkinnän tekeminen (the making of a note), merkinnän sisältö (the content of the note), or merkinnän tekijä (the author of the note). The word is common in administrative, archival, academic, and data-keeping contexts.

The base merkintä covers several senses: a written record, an annotation, an added remark to a document, or a documented remark. The nuance can be formal or informal depending on context. In official records, merkintä often corresponds to an entry or annotation attached to a case, file, or dataset, while muistiinpano refers more to a personal, informal note.

Usage guidelines: merkinnän is used inside noun phrases such as merkinnän sisältö, merkinnän laatu, or merkinnän tekijä. It is less common as a stand-alone term outside of possessive constructions. Typical collocations include remarks about the accuracy of a merkintä (merkkinnän vastine in context) or references to the merkinnän aikaleima (the timestamp of the entry).

See also merkintä, merkinnät, muistiinpano, and related terms for notes, annotations, and records in Finnish.