tieteellisenä

Tieteellisenä is the essive form of the Finnish adjective tieteellinen, meaning "scientific." It is used to express role, status, or perspective in a sentence, roughly translating to "as a scientific" or "in a scientific capacity." The essive form is most often found with a following noun, such as tieteellisenä asiantuntijana ("as a scientific expert") or tieteellisenä näkökulmana ("as a scientific perspective").

Etymology and grammar: tieteellinen derives from the stem tiede, meaning science, with the suffix -llinen forming an adjective meaning "pertaining to." The essive suffix -na/-nä marks a temporary state or role during the action, distinct from the translative -ksi, which expresses becoming or a change of state (for example, tieteelliseksi). In use, tieteellisenä appears before a noun or within a predicative construction to indicate the speaker’s or observer’s applied role or viewpoint.

Usage notes: tieteellisenä is common in formal, academic, or analytical Finnish. It should not be confused with the adverbial form tieteellisesti, which means "scientifically" and modifies verbs or adjectives. The essive form is preferred when describing someone’s current role or the perspective from which something is considered, whereas -isesti typically describes the manner of doing something.

Examples:

- Hän toimi tieteellisenä asiantuntijana tilaisuudessa. (He served as a scientific expert at the event.)

- Keskustelun tieteellisenä näkökulmana pidettiin empiirisiä havaintoja. (As a scientific perspective, empirical observations were considered central.)

See also: tieteellinen, tiede, essiivi case, Finnish grammar.