ulkoiselle

Ulkoiselle is a Finnish term that appears in grammar and vocabulary as the allative form of the adjective ulkoinen, meaning external or foreign. It is used to indicate the target or recipient of an action when that target is external to the speaker’s context, such as an organization or audience outside one’s own group.

In practice, ulkoiselle occurs in noun phrases that designate external audiences or recipients, for example in expressions like ulkoiselle sidosryhmälle or ulkoiselle vastaanottajalle. The core idea is to mark movement toward or addressing of something external, as opposed to internal audiences (sisäisille) or internal stakeholders. The form is most commonly encountered in formal writing, public administration, and corporate communications when differentiating between internal and external audiences.

Grammatical notes: ulkoiselle is not a standalone dictionary entry but a case-inflected form derived from the adjective ulkoinen. The allative suffix -lle marks direction toward something, and the accompanying noun typically governs the overall phrase. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify, so the exact appearance of the form depends on number and the case of the noun, with ulkoiselle functioning as part of a larger noun phrase rather than a free-standing word.

See also: Finnish language, allative case, ulkoinen, sidosryhmä.