tekijänsä

Tekijänsä is a Finnish grammatical form derived from tekijä, meaning “creator” or “author,” combined with the third-person possessive suffix -nsä (often written as -sä after certain vowels). The result means roughly “his/her/its author” and is used to indicate that someone is the owner or originator of a creation in relation to another noun or clause. The exact possessor (he/she/they) is determined by context, and tekijänsä does not itself specify gender or number beyond what the sentence conveys.

In usage, tekijänsä typically appears in noun phrases that express possession in relation to another noun. Common constructions include teoksen tekijänsä (“the author of the work”) or tekijänsä oikeudet (“the author’s rights”). The form is more common in written Finnish, especially in formal, literary, or legal contexts, where precise attribution is important. In everyday speech, speakers often opt for more explicit or simpler phrasing, such as using tekijä or referring to the author directly.

Notes on function and form: Finnish possessive suffixes attach to the possessed noun, so the possessive relationship is encoded within the noun phrase itself rather than by a separate pronoun. Tekijänsä thus acts as a possessed noun form that points to the author in relation to another element in the sentence.

See also: Tekijä; Tekijänoikeus; Teos.