taidekappaleiden

Taidekappaleiden is the genitive plural form of taidekappale, a Finnish noun meaning artwork or art piece. In everyday Finnish, the nominative plural is taidekappaleet, while taidekappaleiden is used to indicate possession, association, or context related to multiple artworks, such as taidekappaleiden arvo (the value of the artworks) or taidekappaleiden historia (the history of the artworks).

Etymology and composition: taidekappale consists of taide (art) and kappale (piece, item). The genitive plural suffix -iden is added to form taidekappaleiden, aligning with Finnish grammar for many plural nouns ending in -e.

Usage: The term appears frequently in museum catalogs, art history texts, and collection inventories. It marks relationships between multiple artworks within a collection, exhibition, or study, for example in discussions of provenance, condition, conservation needs, or comparative analysis. Because it is a grammatical case form rather than a standalone noun, taidekappaleiden typically appears within a larger noun phrase or clause.

Related terms: taidekappale (artwork or art piece), taide-esine (art object), taideobjekti (art object, often borrowed from other languages). While taidekappaleiden emphasizes plural possession or association, taidekappaleet serves as the plain subject form.

See also: Finnish lexicon for taidekappale and related terms; museum cataloging guidelines may illustrate typical uses of taidekappaleiden in inventory records and scholarly writing.