muutajien

Muutajien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun muuttaja, meaning “mover” or “migrant.” In Finnish, muuttaja can refer to a person who relocates, either within a country or across borders, and it is commonly used in discussions of migration, demography, and social studies. The form muutajien appears when the word is used to indicate possession or relation to migrants, for example in phrases such as migrants’ rights or migrants’ living conditions.

Grammar and usage: Muutajien is the genitive plural, used to show possession or association with a group of migrants. Examples include “muutajien määrä” (the number of migrants), “muutajien oikeudet” (the rights of migrants), and “muutajien elinolot” (the living conditions of migrants). The base noun is muuttaja, whose plural nominative is muututajat and whose genitive plural is muutajien; the form reflects standard Finnish genitive plural morphology.

Context and scope: The term appears in statistical reports, policy documents, and academic writings about migration, refugee studies, and labor mobility. It is not a separate political or social entity; rather, it is a grammatical construction used to discuss migrants collectively in Finnish prose. The distinction between muuttaja (singular) and muutajat (nominal plural) versus muutajien (genitive plural) is a common feature of Finnish noun inflection and is routinely encountered in formal writing on population movement.

See also: muuttaja, muutto, muutajat.