vääristyneiden

Vääristyneiden is a Finnish grammatical form used in noun phrases to indicate “of the distorted ones” or to modify a following noun in a genitive construction. It is the genitive plural form of the past participle vääristyneet, which derives from the verb vääristyä meaning to distort, to deviate, or to be deformed. In Finnish, past participles can function as adjectives and, when a plural noun phrase expresses possession or relation, the participle takes the genitive plural ending, producing vääristyneiden.

Usage and examples:

Vääristyneiden kuvien korjaaminen is a common construction in contexts such as image processing and photography, meaning the correction of distorted images. Vääristyneiden karttojen laadun arviointi refers to assessing the quality of distorted maps. The form signals a relational or possessive sense within a larger noun phrase, often in technical or academic writing. In everyday language, speakers frequently opt for simpler expressions like vääristyneet kuvat to mean “distorted images,” whereas vääristyneiden is used when the emphasis is on the distortion as a property of a set of items within a genitive construction.

Notes:

The form is primarily a grammatical tool for forming complex noun phrases in Finnish. Understanding its use helps in reading and writing precise descriptive phrases in scientific, journalistic, and technical Finnish, where authors may need to contrast distorted items with undistorted ones or refer to distorted items within a larger set.