toistettaviksi

Toistettaviksi is a Finnish grammatical form that expresses that something is, or should become, repeatable or capable of being repeated. It is the translative plural form of the adjective or participle meaning “repeatable.” In practice, it is used in contexts where a process, result, procedure, or test is described as something that can be replicated under the same conditions.

Morphology and usage

The underlying adjective is toistettava (or the longer form toistettavainen), meaning “repeatable.” The translative case marks a change of state, roughly “to become repeatable.” The singular form is toistettavaksi, while the plural form is toistettaviksi. These forms are used with predicative verbs such as olla (to be) or with imperatives and passive constructions in technical or formal Finnish. For example, Nämä testit ovat toistettaviksi means “These tests are repeatable” or “These tests should become repeatable.” Similarly, tutkimusmenetelmät on tehtävä toistettaviksi would mean “the research methods must be made repeatable.”

Semantic nuance

Toistettaviksi emphasizes replicability and reliability. It is commonly encountered in scientific, engineering, quality assurance, and regulatory writing where it is important that results, procedures, or measurements can be repeated with consistent outcomes. The related noun toistettavuus denotes repeatability or replicability as a property.

Related terms

A closely related concept is toistettavuus (repeatability/replicability), which refers to the quality or degree to which results can be repeated. The phrases in which toistettaviksi or toistettavaksi appear are typically part of formal or technical Finnish.

See also

toistettavuus, toistettavuus (repeatability/replicability)