Alkoihin

Alkoihin is the illative plural form of the Finnish proper noun Alko, referring to going to or entering Alko stores. In Finnish grammar, the illative case marks direction toward a place, and the plural suffix -ihin is used when the reference is to multiple locations. Therefore Alkoihin means “to Alko stores” or “to the Alko outlets” in a sentence about entering several locations.

Alko is Finland’s state-owned chain responsible for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages. As a government-owned company with supervision from the Ministry of Finance, it operates a nationwide network of shops and an online shop. The term Alkoihin is used in ordinary speech and media to discuss visits to the chain’s stores or to refer to the stores collectively. When written as a brand name, the noun remains Alko, and its illative plural is capitalized accordingly in Finnish (Alkoihin).

In practice, Alkoihin appears in contexts related to consumer behavior, shopping, or discussions of alcohol policy and retail regulation in Finland. It is not a separate lexical item beyond the inflected form of the brand name; rather, it is the grammatical case used to describe movement toward or into the group of Alko stores.