työhön

Työhön is the illative form of the Finnish noun työ (work). In Finnish, the illative expresses movement toward or into something, and työhön signals going toward work or engaging in work activities. As a linguistic element, it is used to indicate direction or purpose related to work.

Common usages include straightforward statements of going to work: Menen työhön. When describing tasks or contexts related to work, työhön appears in compounds such as työhön liittyvä (work-related) or työhön liittyvät tehtävät (work-related tasks). The term also appears in expressions for starting work, for example työhön ryhtyminen (taking up work) and työhön meno (going to work).

Etymology: Työhön is formed from työ (work) plus the illative suffix -hön, which marks movement toward or into the referent in Finnish grammar.

In everyday Finnish, työhön is a common building block in discussions of employment, training, and task management. It reflects Finnish grammar’s use of illative cases to express direction toward activities or domains, particularly the realm of work.