sopimuksena

Sopimuksena is the essive form of the Finnish noun sopimus, meaning contract or agreement. The essive case expresses a temporary state or role, and sopimuksena translates roughly as “as a contract” or “in the capacity of a contract.”

Formation and usage in language: The root sopimus takes the essive suffix -na/-nä, yielding sopimuksena. It is used in contexts where a document, condition, or status is described as being in the form or function of a contract. The form appears most often in formal or legal writing.

Usage in practice: Sopimuksena is primarily found in formal, bureaucratic, or legal texts. It can introduce or describe the function of an agreement or indicate how actions are governed by a contract. The form is less common in everyday speech and tends to appear in written documents and official language.

Examples:

- Tämä liite toimii sopimuksena ja määrittelee osapuolten vastuut.

- Sopimuksena sovittujen ehtojen mukaan toimitus tapahtuu kahden viikon kuluessa.

- Hanke on hyväksytty sopimuksena, jossa on kirjalliset ehdot.

See also: sopimus, Finnish grammar, essive case.