tarkoitetaan

Tarkoitetaan is the present tense, passive voice form of the Finnish verb tarkoittaa, meaning to mean or to intend. In Finnish, the passive mood is used to express statements without specifying who performs the action; tarkoitetaan thus translates roughly as “is meant” or “is intended,” depending on context.

Common usage: It is frequently employed in definitions, explanations, and formal texts to specify the intended meaning of a term or clause. A typical phrase is "Tässä tarkoitetaan seuraavaa," which introduces a definition or scope.

Example: "Tässä tarkoitetaan seuraavaa: ensin..., sitten..." This illustrates how the form prefaces a clarifying statement. In contracts or manuals, tarkoitetaan appears to indicate what a term refers to or what a provision covers.

Relation and related forms: The active form is tarkoittaa ("to mean, to intend"). The noun tarkoitus means "purpose" or "intention." The past participle tarkoitettu means "intended." Finnish verbs use various tenses and voices, and tarkoitetaan is specifically the present passive form.

Etymology: The verb stems from the root tarko- related to meaning or intention, with standard Finnish derivational patterns and tarkoitus as a closely related noun.

See also: tarkoittaa, tarkoitus, tarkoitettu.