Kavereiden

Kavereiden is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun kaveri, meaning “friend” or “buddy” in informal speech. It is used to indicate possession or association with multiple friends, as in kavereiden kesken meaning “among friends” or kavereiden luona meaning “at the friends’ place.”

Kaveri is the informal word for a friend; its plural nominative is kaverit, and the genitive singular is kaverin. The genitive plural kavereiden is common in everyday language and appears in phrases such as kavereiden kanssa meaning “with friends” and kavereiden piiri meaning “circle of friends.”

Etymology and usage notes: The term kaveri is a colloquial Finnish word with uncertain exact origins, but it is commonly linked to Swedish kamrat or kamrater, reflecting historical language contact. The form kavereiden is produced by standard Finnish inflection rules. While kavereiden is widely used in spoken and informal written Finnish, formal contexts often prefer more neutral terms such as ystävä or ystävien.

See also: kaveri, ystävä, kavereiden kesken.