politiikkojaan

Politiikkojaan is a Finnish noun phrase that translates roughly as “their politicians.” It is formed from the noun politiikko, meaning politician, with a third-person plural possessive suffix. The result is a way to refer to the politicians belonging to a specific group, organization, party, or movement without naming them again.

Usage and nuance: The term appears in political commentary, journalism, and opinion writing. It allows a writer to point to the politicians associated with a particular group and to discuss their actions, positions, or outcomes as a collective. The tone can vary with context, ranging from neutral reference to critical or evaluative commentary, depending on how the surrounding text frames “their politicians.”

Grammatical notes: Like other Finnish possessive constructions, politiikkojaan encodes the possessor’s person and number through affixes attached to the base noun. It is often contrasted with forms referring to other possessors, such as meidän politiikkojamme (“our politicians”) or heidän politiikkoihinsa (depending on the intended case). The precise case or function can shift with the sentence structure, but the core meaning remains the same: designation of politicians belonging to a specified group.

See also: Finnish language, possessive suffixes in Finnish, Finnish political vocabulary.