sekoittamiseksi

Sekoittamiseksi is a Finnish noun form that comes from sekoittaminen, the act of mixing. It is the translative form of that nominalized verb and is used to express purpose or aim, roughly translating to “for the purpose of mixing” or “in order to mix.” The form is most common in written Finnish, especially in technical, procedural, or recipe contexts.

Formation and meaning: The base is sekoittaminen (the act of mixing). To indicate purpose, Finnish adds the translative suffix -ksi, yielding sekoittamiseksi. This construction signals that the action of mixing is the intended or required activity in a given context.

Usage examples: Taikinan sekoittamiseksi tarvitaan kulho ja sähkövatkain. This means “For mixing the dough, a bowl and an electric mixer are required.” Sekoittamiseksi suunnitellut ohjeet ohjaavat toimenpiteitä, joissa ainesosat sekoitetaan tietyssä vaiheessa. In both cases, sekoittamiseksi marks the purpose of performing the mixing action.

Notes: Seikoittamiseksi is distinct from sekoittaminen (the act of mixing) and from sekoittaminenin verbin sekoittaa (to mix) in its grammatical role. The translative form emphasizes the intended end state or objective of an action rather than the action itself. In everyday speech, people more often use other constructions, while sekoittamiseksi appears frequently in manuals, recipes, and formal texts.

See also: sekoittaminen; sekoittaa; translative case.