täytettävä

Täytettävä is a Finnish present participial adjective formed from the verb täyttää, meaning “to fill.” It literally conveys “to be filled” and is commonly translated into English as “fillable” or “to be completed.” The form is used to describe nouns that require filling, such as forms, fields, or questionnaires.

In usage, täytettävä appears in noun phrases like täytettävä lomake, meaning “a form to be filled” or “a fillable form.” It is also used in predicative constructions to express obligation, as in Lomake on täytettävä ennen matkaa, meaning “The form must be filled before departure.” The suffix -ttava signals that the noun is something that should or must undergo the action of the verb.

Grammatically, täytettävä is a non-finite attributive form that behaves like an adjective. It declines with the noun it modifies in the same way other Finnish adjectives do, producing forms such as täytettävä (nominative singular), täytettävän (genitive), täytettävää (partitive), and so on depending on case and number.

Etymology and related terms: täytettävä is derived from täyttää (“to fill”) with the derivational suffix -ttava, which creates a present participial adjective indicating something that is to be filled. Related forms include täytetty, the past participle meaning “filled.” The word is common in formal or instructional Finnish, especially in contexts involving forms, procedures, or data entry.