Järkevämpiä

Järkevämpiä is the Finnish comparative plural form of the adjective järkevä, which means “reasonable,” “sensible,” or “rational.” The word is formed by adding the comparative suffix –mpi before the plural suffix –ä. Thus järkevä → järkevämpi (more reasonable) and its nominative plural is järkevämpiä. The term is used to describe people, ideas, or actions that are comparatively more logical or practical than others. For example, “Hän esitti järkevämpiä ehdotuksia” (“He presented more reasonable proposals”).

In Finnish grammar, adjectives inflect for comparison and number. The comparative is used when contrasting two or more entities. In the case of järkevämpiä, the noun that the adjective modifies must also be in the plural, and the adjective takes the same case as the noun, for instance, in the genitive plural: “hankkeen järkevämpien vaatimusten” (“the more reasonable requirements of the project”).

Historically, the adjective järkevä has roots in the Old Norse “hraccari” meaning “reasonable” and has been part of the Finnish lexicon since the early modern period. Its comparative and superlative forms are regularly employed in everyday speech and written Finnish to emphasize a higher degree of rationality or fairness.

The word belongs to the broader category of Finnish comparative adjectives and is frequently found in discussions of ethics, public policy, and interpersonal communication where fairness and logical reasoning are valued.