päätteen
Päätteen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun pääte, meaning suffix or ending in linguistic and grammatical discussions. The term pääte refers to a grammatical or derivational ending that attaches to a word stem to indicate case, mood, number, possession, or to form new words. Päätteet (the plural form) are suffixes in general, and päätteen is used when referring to a single suffix in analytic descriptions.
In Finnish morphology, suffixes are attached to stems to express grammatical relations or to derive new words.
Suffixes in Finnish follow phonological rules, including vowel harmony and, in some cases, consonant gradation. The
See also: pääte, Finnish morphology, inflectional endings, derivational endings.