sijoittaviin

Sijoittaviin is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the illative plural of the present active participle derived from the verb sijoittaa, meaning “to invest.” The present active participle is sijoittava (investing), and when inflected for the illative plural, it becomes sijoittaviin. In practice, it serves as an adjective describing a noun that is in the illative case, typically in formal or technical texts.

Because it is a participle form, sijoittaviin does not stand alone as a noun. It modifies a head noun in illative plural, for example in phrases such as sijoittaviin yrityksiin (into investing companies) or sijoittaviin rahastoihin (into investing funds). The exact meaning depends on the context and the head noun it accompanies. A related noun form for people would be sijoittajat, meaning “investors.”

Etymology and usage: sijoittaviin is built from the verb sijoittaa (to invest) and the present active participle suffix -va/-vä, with the illative plural ending -in. This illustrates Finnish grammar’s system of inflecting adjectives and participles to agree with the case and number of the noun they describe. The form is common in business, finance, and legal language, where precise directional or qualitative descriptions toward investment-related entities are needed.

See also: sijoittaa, sijoittava, Finnish grammar, illative case.