näytettäväksi

Näytettäväksi is a Finnish word formed from the verb näyt(t)ä, meaning to show, combined with the passive present participle näytettävä and the translative suffix -ksi. The resulting form roughly translates to “to be shown” or “for display/for screening.” It is used to express that something should be presented or is intended to be shown, often in formal or technical language.

In usage, näytettäväksi typically appears in contexts such as catalogs, guidelines, project proposals, or labeling where materials, exhibitions, or programs are described in terms of their intended function. It is less common in everyday spoken Finnish and more common in written, institutional, or administrative prose. The construction can link to nouns with phrases like material/thingnäytettäväksi: for example, materiaali on näytettäväksi yleisölle (the material is for display to the public) or elokuva on näytettäväksi ohjelmassa (the film is scheduled for screening).

Morphologically, näytettäväksi is the translative case of the passive present participle näytettävä. The translative -ksi marks a change of state, function, or role (becoming/being treated as). Therefore, phrases with näytettäväksi describe something as something to become or be used as for display.

Related forms include näytettävä (the base participle meaning “to be shown” as an adjective) and other -ttava/-ttävä participles used similarly with different verbs to express “to be X” or “for X.”