toiveet

Toiveet is the plural form of the Finnish noun toive, meaning a wish or a hope. It refers to desires or requests that a person hopes will be fulfilled. The term covers everyday desires as well as more formal or specific goals, and it is used in personal conversation, media, and written language. In Finnish, toive is a general sense of wishing, while toivo more often expresses a broader sense of hope.

In terms of grammar, toiveet is the nominative plural. The genitive plural is toiveiden. When used with numerals, Finnish typically marks the object in the partitive case, for example kolme toivetta, which translates to “three wishes.”

Common contexts include phrases such as toiveet täyttyivät (“the wishes were fulfilled”) and toiveiden toteutuminen (“the realization of the wishes”). The word can appear in everyday speech, storytelling, and discussions of goals or aspirations, as well as in more formal or rhetorical writing about what a person hopes to achieve.

Etymology and related terms: toive etymologically derives from the Finnish root toivo, related to wishing or hoping. Related concepts include toivo (hope) and unelma (dream), which describe related but distinct aspects of aspiration.