vastauksen

Vastauksen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun vastaus, meaning "answer" or "response." It is used to express possession or association with an answer, for example in phrases such as "vastauksen sisältö" (the content of the answer) or "vastauksen mukaan" (according to the answer).

In Finnish, nouns inflect for case and number. For vastaus, the key forms include: nominative singular vastaus; genitive singular vastauksen; partitive vastausta; nominative plural vastaukset; genitive plural vastauksien. These forms enable phrases such as "vastauksen antaminen" (the giving of an answer) or "vastauksien määrä" (the number of the answers). The genitive singular vastauksen is especially common when linking the answer to another noun, while the genitive plural vastauksien is used when referring to multiple answers.

Origin and usage: The noun vastaus is derived from the verb vastata, meaning "to answer." Vastauksen as a genitive form appears in everyday Finnish as well as in formal and written language, including journalism, academic writing, and official documentation, whenever the relationship to an answer or response needs to be specified.

See also: vastaus. The entry for vastaus covers the base meaning and the full range of inflected forms beyond the genitive singular.