terveellistä

Terveellistä is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective terveellinen, meaning healthy or healthful. It is used to describe things that are considered beneficial to health, such as foods, habits, or products. The base word terveellinen comes from the root terve (healthy) with the suffix -ellinen, which creates adjectives indicating characteristic or quality.

In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun in number and case. Therefore, terveellistä is used with non-countable or indefinite objects, as in terveille ruokaa or terveille elintarvikkeita, and in phrases like terveellistä ruokaa (healthy food) or terveellisiä elämäntapoja (healthy lifestyle habits). The adverb form is terveellisesti, meaning in a healthy way, and the noun form for the concept of healthiness is terveellisyys. Related terms include terveys (health) and terveyssuhteisen tilan kuvaaminen, as well as other health-oriented expressions.

Usage context is common in everyday Finnish, media discussions about diet and wellness, and sometimes marketing. While the term often signals that something promotes health, it does not by itself verify scientific health claims; such claims should align with official dietary guidelines and evidence. Overall, terveellistä is a neutral descriptive term used to indicate health-promoting qualities in nouns it accompanies.