muodustettujen

Muodustettujen is not a standard Finnish word. In most references it is considered a misspelling of muodostettujen, the genitive plural form of muodostettu meaning formed or constituted. The presence of the sequence -stett- in muodostettujen is the expected pattern for the past participle in this word family; muotostettu would be a misspelling, while muodostettu is the correct common form.

Etymology and grammar: muodostettu is the past participle of the verb muodostaa, meaning to form or to constitute. When used as an adjective and paired with a plural noun in a genitive construction, it becomes muodostettujen: for example, muodostettujen ryhmien or muodostettujen osuuksien, meaning “of the formed/constituted groups” or “of the formed portions.” The form muodustettujen would be considered nonstandard or erroneous in standard Finnish, and is typically corrected to muodostettujen in edited prose.

Usage and context: because muodustettujen is not recognized as a correct form, articles or official texts that encounter it usually treat it as a typographical error. When discussing groups, structures, or bodies that have been formed or constituted, Finnish writers should use muodostettujen. The concept conveyed—something that has been formed, created, or organized—appears in legal, administrative, and sociological language in appropriate genitive constructions.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles and their adjectival forms, noun–adjective agreement, genitive constructions in Finnish.