ylittävinä

Ylittävinä is a Finnish grammatical form that appears as the plural derivative of the present active participle ylittävä, which comes from the verb ylittää meaning to surpass or exceed. In usage, ylittävinä functions as an adjective in plural noun phrases and is employed to describe things that exceed a certain standard, threshold, or set of criteria. The sense conveyed is “exceeding” or “surpassing,” and the form is most common in formal, technical, or regulatory language.

Usage and examples

In sentences, ylittävinä is typically found in predicative or attributive positions within plural noun phrases. Examples include phrases such as ylittävinä kriteereinä (as the exceeding criteria) and ylittävinä arvoina (as the exceeding values). The construction emphasizes that the described items or concepts go beyond referenced comparisons or limits.

Language register

Ylittävinä occurs most often in written Finnish, including academic, legal, or professional texts. In everyday speech, speakers are more likely to use simpler expressions such as ylittävä or other synonyms to convey a similar idea, rather than the specific plural participial form ylittävinä.

Morphology and relation to other forms

Ylittävinä is related to ylittävä, the present participle/adjective meaning “exceeding,” and to related nouns such as ylittäminen (the act of exceeding). It is part of a broader group of participial adjectives formed from verbs with the -vä/-vä suffix pattern, which can take different endings to agree with number and case in context.

See also

Finnish grammar, participles, essive/adjective participles, ylittää.