valmistajien

Valmistajien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun valmistaja, meaning a manufacturer or producer. The form translates to “of the manufacturers” or “the manufacturers’” and is used to indicate possession or association in Finnish texts.

In Finnish grammar, nouns inflect for number and case. The nominative plural of valmistaja is valmistajat, while the genitive plural—valmistajien—expresses possession or part of a whole. The suffix -ien marks genitive plural and typically follows the plural stem in formal or technical language.

Valmistajien appears in business, economic, and legal writing to refer to a group of producers collectively, as in phrases such as “valmistajien vastuut” (the manufacturers’ responsibilities) or “valmistajien verkosto” (the manufacturers’ network). It denotes a relationship to the group rather than describing an individual.

Related forms include the singular genitive valmistajan (of the manufacturer) and the root terms valmistaja (manufacturer) and valmistus (manufacture). The term should not be confused with the nominative valmistajat, which denotes the manufacturers themselves rather than their possessions or associations.

See also: valmistaja, valmistus.