Jälkeisen

Jälkeisen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective jälkeinen, which means post-, following, or subsequent. It is used to describe something that belongs to or relates to a period that comes after a defined event or condition, most commonly after a war or other significant occurrence. In Finnish, adjectives inflect for case and number, so jälkeisen is used before a noun in phrases such as jälkeisen ajan, meaning “the postwar era” or “the post-period.”

Etymology and function: jälkeinen derives from the noun jälki, meaning trace or remnant, with the suffix -inen forming an adjective meaning “pertaining to” or “characteristic of.” The resulting term conveys the idea of something that exists in the time after another event. The form jälkeisen functions as the genitive singular to modify a following noun, as in jälkeisen ajan kirjallisuus (the literature of the postwar era).

Usage: The adjective is common in historical, cultural, and political discourse. It appears in compound noun phrases to specify which period is being referenced, for example, jälkeisen ajan Suomi (Finland of the postwar era) or jälkeisen sodan vaikutukset (the effects after the war). While flexible, the construction often denotes a temporal context that follows a defined starting point.

See also: related Finnish terms such as jälkeinen and jälkeensä, which relate to post- or subsequent concepts, and common historical phrases describing specific periods.