Esseessä
Essee (and the form esseessä) is a Finnish literary prose genre and a general writing form used for presenting a focused discussion, reflection, or argument on a topic. The word esseessä specifically is the inessive case of essee, meaning “in the essay.” It is commonly used to refer to content located within a text or to talk about the essay’s own argument or themes. For example, in a sentence like “Tässä esseessä tarkastellaan ilmastonmuutoksen taloudellisia vaikutuksia,” the clause signals what the text inside the essay covers.
In practice, an essee is typically shorter and more flexible than a formal treatise. It centers on
The language allows for stylistic variety, and common phrases include possessive constructions such as esseessäni (“in