työskentelevän

Työskentelevän is a grammatical form in Finnish: it is the genitive singular of the present active participle työskentelevä, which carries the meaning of “the one who is working” or simply “working.” The present active participle describes ongoing action and is used as an adjective or in noun phrases to indicate someone or something that performs the action of the verb.

As an adjective, työskentelevä (and its inflected forms) agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. For example, yksikkö nominatiivi: työskentelevä; yksikkö genetiivi: työskentelevän; yksikkö partitiivi: työskentelevää. Monikon forms follow the same pattern: nominatiivi työskentelevät, genetiivi työskentelevien, partitiivi työskenteleviä. Työskentelevän appears in phrases such as työskentelevän henkilön palkka (the pay of the person who is working) or työskentelevän laitteen testaus (testing of the operating device).

Usage and nuance: työskentelevän conveys ongoing activity at the time referred to, contrasting with completed or past actions. It is common in formal, technical, or written Finnish and often appears in legal, administrative, or descriptive texts. In everyday speech, speakers may opt for more straightforward constructions such as “joka työskentelee” (who is working) instead of the participial form.

Related forms and notes: työskentelevä belongs to the family of present active participles in Finnish, alongside other participles formed from the same verb stem. It contrasts with the past active participle (työskennellyt) and with nouns formed from the action, such as työskentely.