pinottu

Pinottu is a Finnish adjective and past participle derived from the verb pinota, which means to stack or pile. As an adjective, pinottu describes objects that have been arranged into a stack or pile, or configurations that appear stacked. It is commonly used for everyday physical arrangements, such as papers, books, or dishes that have been placed in a stack.

The form is created by adding the suffix -ttu to the infinitive stem pinota. Like other Finnish past participles, pinottu agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case, and it can function both attributively and predicatively in sentences.

In usage, pinottu can appear in sentences such as: Pöydällä on pinottu pino kirjoja, meaning “There is a stack of books piled on the table.” It can describe both tangible arrangements and more abstract ones, for example a pinottu lista to indicate a compact or organized list.

In modern Finnish, the term is also used in digital contexts to describe items that have been pinned or fixed to a position, such as a pinned post or a pinned item in an interface. The word is standard in written and spoken Finnish and is readily understood by native speakers.