Herkemmissä

Herkemmissä is a Finnish comparative adjective form used to describe a higher degree of sensitivity. It is the inessive plural form of the comparative adjective herkempi, which means “more sensitive” or “delicate.” In Finnish, adjectives are declined for number and case, so herkemm- becomes herkemmissä when referring to multiple items in the inessive case, typically translated as “in more sensitive …” or “in more delicate ….”

Usage and examples

Herkemmissä is used with a plural noun in the inessive case to indicate that the described quality is greater in those items or contexts. Common collocations include:

- herkemmissä tilanteissa (in more sensitive situations)

- herkemmissä olosuhteissa (in more sensitive conditions)

- herkemmissä paikoissa (in more sensitive places)

The form is usually part of a larger noun phrase; by itself it signals the degree and the plural inessive context.

Nuance

The word carries a comparative sense, distinguishing a higher sensitivity level from something less sensitive. It can apply to people, environments, organisms, or systems, and is frequent in academic, scientific, or technical writing when discussing variations in responsiveness, tolerance, or vulnerability.

Notes

Because it is a declined adjective, herkemmissä requires a governing noun in plural in the inessive case. It cannot stand alone as a complete predicate without specifying what is more sensitive. In English translations, it is typically rendered as “in more sensitive [contexts].”