teknistä

Teknistä is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective tekninen, meaning technical or technological. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify in number and case. When the modified noun is in the partitive case, the singular form tekninen becomes teknistä. This form is common in constructions describing non-countable or indefinite quantities, or when the noun is the object of a verb that requires the partitive.

Etymology and background: The Finnish adjective tekninen derives from the noun teknikka or tekninen, through Swedish teknisk and other European sources. The root element tekn- is connected to the concept of technique, craft or skill, with cognates in related languages such as Swedish and German. The term under discussion reflects how Finnish forms technical meaning by combining a base related to technique with inflectional endings.

Usage and examples: Teknistä is used to describe nouns in a partitive sense. Examples include teknistä tietoa (technical information) and teknistä tukea (technical support). It also appears in broader phrases like teknistä suunnittelua (technical design) or teknisiä laitteita in the plural, where the corresponding partitive plural form would be teknisiä.

Relation to related terms: Tekninen is the base form meaning “technical,” while tekninen knowledge, equipment, or language is often described with teknistä or teknisiä depending on number and grammatical role. The term teknistä does not denote a separate concept itself but represents a grammatical form used in technical and scientific contexts.

See also: tekninen, tekniikka, teknologia.