tärkeyttä

Tärkeyttä is the partitive form of the Finnish noun tärkeys, which means importance, significance, or value. The base noun tärkeys refers to the quality of being important and is formed from the adjective tärkeä (important) with the common abstract-noun suffix -ys. In ordinary speech and writing, tärkeys is used to denote the concept in a general sense, while tärkeyttä appears when the grammatical structure of the sentence requires the partitive case, often with verbs or impersonal constructions.

The partitive form tärkeyttä is used in contexts where the extent or amount of importance is indefinite, or where the sentence grammar calls for the partitive object. For example, in sentences about measuring or assessing importance, or when stating that importance is emphasized or acknowledged in a process. Common verbs and constructions may require the partitive, resulting in forms like tärkeyttä korostetaan or tärkeyttä arvioidaan. In such uses, tärkeyttä functions similarly to other Finnish abstract nouns in the partitive.

In practice, tärkeyttä and tärkeys convey the idea of how much weight a factor or consideration carries. The concept is frequent in academic and policy language, as well as journalism and everyday speech, whenever discussions concern priorities, reasoning, or decision-making. Synonyms and related terms include merkitys (meaning or significance) and arvo (value). The word is closely linked to the adjective form, tärkeä, which underpins the notion of importance across Finnish grammar. See also: tärkeys, tärkeä, merkitys.