saavuttamiseen

Saavuttamiseen is a Finnish grammatical form used to express movement toward achieving something or the purpose of an action. It is the illative form of the verbal noun saavuttaminen, which denotes the act of achieving. This form appears in phrases that indicate aims, goals, or required steps directed at achieving a result. For example, tavoitteiden saavuttamiseen means “in order to achieve the goal,” and menestyksen saavuttamiseen means “toward achieving success.”

In practice, saavuttamiseen is commonly found in formal writing, planning documents, and policy language, but it can also appear in careful speech when a precise indication of purpose is needed. It is often preceded by verbs or phrases such as tähtää, edellyttää, or liittyy, which govern purpose or direction.

Grammatically, saavuttamiseen is formed by taking the noun saavuttaminen (the act of achieving) and adding the illative ending -miseen, marking direction toward the action. The base noun saavuttaminen has the genitive form saavuttamisen; the illative form expressing “into achieving” is saavuttamiseen.

For comparison, saavuttaminen (without the final -en) denotes the act of achieving itself, and its genitive is saavuttamisen. The illative of that noun is also saavuttamiseen, illustrating how the same form serves to express different grammatical relations depending on context.