yrittäjinä

Yrittäjinä is the essive plural form of the Finnish noun yrittäjä, meaning “as entrepreneurs.” It is used to describe people who act in the role or status of entrepreneurs, for example in sentences like “He toimivat yrittäjinä” (They operate as entrepreneurs) or “yrittäjinä toimivat pienyritysten omistajat” (owners of small businesses acting as entrepreneurs).

Etymology and grammar: Yrittäjä refers to a person who undertakes business or enterprise. The word is derived from the verb yrittää, meaning “to attempt” or “to undertake,” with a typical agentive formation. The essive plural form käyttöönottaa the sense of “as entrepreneurs” and is formed with the essive suffix -nä/-inä and the plural ending, yielding yrittäjinä.

Usage and meaning: In Finnish, yrittäjinä is commonly used in discussions about entrepreneurship, business life, and economic policy to describe individuals or groups operating as business people. It can refer to self-employed persons, startup founders, family businesses, and other actors who assume the entrepreneurial role. The essive form emphasizes a temporary or contextual role rather than a permanent title, and it is often used in descriptive statements about work, identity, or function.

See also: yrittäjä, entrepreneurship (yrittäjyys), Finnish business organizations such as Suomen Yrittäjät, and notes on the Finnish essive case (as). The term is neutral in tone and primarily grammatical in function, but it also reflects common social identities within Finland’s economy.