riskien

Riskien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun riski, meaning risk. It is a grammatical form rather than a stand-alone concept and is used to indicate possession or association with risk in Finnish sentences. In practice, riskien appears most often in risk-related terminology and in phrases describing different aspects of risk.

Formation and usage: The base word riski declines like other i-ending nouns. The nominative singular is riski, the genitive singular riskin, and the genitive plural riskien. The genitive plural riskien is commonly found in compound expressions and formal language describing risk concepts, such as riskien hallinta (risk management), riskien arviointi (risk assessment), and riskien priorisointi (risk prioritization).

Origin and language notes: Riski is a loanword from English risk, likely through Swedish or direct adoption. Finnish inflection adapts the word to standard patterns for -i stems, producing riskien as the genitive plural form used in official, technical, or academic contexts.

Usage considerations: Riskien signals that the noun refers to multiple risks or to the domain of risks when forming phrases. It does not function as a standalone noun in nominative position; rather, it appears within grammatical structures that describe or qualify risk-related topics.

See also: risk management, risk assessment, risk analysis.