väitetysti
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of English allegedly;[1] väitetty (“alleged”) + -sti (“-ly”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]väitetysti
- (anglicism) allegedly
Usage notes
[edit]While the usage of this adverb is acceptable, a structure using väittää (“to allege”) as a verb is generally preferred, unless doing so makes the sentence structure significantly more complicated.
- Hän on väitetysti rikkonut lakia. → Hänen väitetään rikkoneen lakia.
- He has allegedly broken the law. → He is alleged to have broken the law.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “väitetysti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04