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tekijän

Tekijän is the genitive singular form of tekijä, a Finnish noun meaning creator, maker, or author. The term refers to the person who creates or originates something, such as a work of art, a piece of writing, a musical composition, or an invention. In everyday language, tekijä and tekijäin forms are used to discuss authorship and responsibility for a creation.

In linguistic and legal contexts, tekijä is commonly paired with possessive or attributive phrases. For example,

In copyright law and related discussions, the term foregrounds the creator as the holder of authorship rights.

Etymologically, tekijä is formed with the agent suffix -jä from the verb tehdä, “to do/make,” yielding a

See also: tekijä, tekijänoikeudet, tekijänoikeus, kirjoittaja.

teoksen
tekijän
nimi
means
the
name
of
the
creator
of
the
work,
and
teoksen
tekijän
oikeudet
refers
to
the
rights
belonging
to
the
creator
of
the
work.
The
genitive
form
tekijän
specifically
marks
ownership
or
attribution
to
the
person
who
created
something.
Typically,
tekijänoikeudet
(copyright)
belong
to
the
tekijä,
unless
rights
are
transferred
by
contract
or
by
a
work-for-hire
arrangement.
Finnish
law
recognizes
that
rights
can
be
assigned
or
licensed
through
agreements,
particularly
in
employment
or
commissioned
work,
where
the
contractual
terms
determine
ownership
of
the
resulting
works.
noun
for
a
person
who
makes
or
creates.
The
genitive
ending
-n
marks
possessive
relation
to
the
owner
or
originator.