vuosittaisen

Vuosittainen is a Finnish adjective meaning “annual” or “yearly.” The form vuosittaisen is the genitive singular of this adjective, used when it modifies a noun that is in the genitive (or when the noun’s role in the clause is possessive or attributive in the genitive). In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in case and number, so vuosittainen becomes vuosittaisen to match a genitive noun such as raportin, tilinpäätöksen, or kulun.

In practice, vuosittaisen appears in formal and governmental or financial language, especially in phrases describing yearly quantities, reports, budgets, and costs. For example:

- vuosittaisen raportin laatiminen (the drafting/preparation of the annual report)

- vuosittaisen tilinpäätöksen tulkinta (the interpretation of the annual financial statements)

- vuosittaisen kulun seuranta (the monitoring of the annual expense)

The base form is vuosittainen, and the genitive singular form is vuosittaisen. This pattern is typical for Finnish adjectives of the -inen type, which decline to reflect the case of the noun they modify. Because Finnish grammar relies on case endings rather than prepositions to indicate relationships, kilograms like “vuosittaisen” convey the sense of “of the annual” or “the annual X” within larger noun phrases.

See also Finnish grammar, adjectives, and the genitive case.