rikkoutuneen

Rikkoutuneen is a Finnish grammatical form used as the genitive singular of the attributive past participle rikkoutunut, meaning broken or damaged. The base form rikkoutunut describes something that has sustained damage, and rikkoutuneen appears when the participle modifies a noun in the genitive case.

In Finnish, participles used as adjectives agreement with the noun they describe in case and number. When the head noun is in genitive, the attributive participle often takes the genitive singular ending, yielding rikkoutuneen. For example, rikkoutuneen auton omistaja means “the owner of the broken car.” Other related forms include rikkoutunut auto (the broken car, nominative singular) and rikkoutunutta autoa (a broken car, partitive). Plural forms include rikkoutuneet autot (the broken cars) and rikkoutuneiden autojen (of the broken cars).

Usage and nuance: rikkoutuneen is primarily found in noun phrases where the noun is in genitive or in contexts that require a genitive modifier. It conveys that the object has already sustained damage rather than being a hypothetical or potential state. The adjective remains a descriptive form and can appear in both written and formal spoken Finnish.

See also: Finnish grammar, past participles, attributive adjectives.