tapauksen

Tapauksen is the genitive singular form of tapaus, a Finnish noun meaning case, incident, occurrence, or example. In standard usage, tapauksen marks possession or association, as in tapauksen syyt (the causes of the case/incident) or tapauksen mukaan (according to the case). The word can refer to a concrete event or, more broadly, to a particular matter under discussion, such as a legal case or a journalistic case study.

Morphology: tapaus is a consonant-stem noun. The genitive singular ends with -n, yielding tapauksen. The corresponding partitive is tapausta, the illative is tapaukseen, and the inessive is tapauksessa. The plural nominative is tapaukset, with genitive plural tapausten.

Usage: Tapauksen is common in legal, police, and media language, as well as in general Finnish, whenever a specific case or occurrence is being described. It is a neutral, standard form suitable for encyclopedia or formal writing. In everyday speech, speakers may use more general terms depending on precision.

See also: tapaus (the base form), tapaukset (plural), tapauksen yhteydessä (in connection with the case), tapauksen mukaan (according to the case).

Examples: Tapauksen mukaan rikos tapahtui kaupungin keskustassa. Tapauksen syyt ovat epäselvät. Tapauksen hoitoon liittyvät toimet ovat käynnissä. Tapauksen yhteydessä ovat todistajat kuultavana.