Kipeämpi

Kipeämpi is a Finnish adjective that serves as the comparative form of kipeä, meaning sicker or more ill, and in some contexts more painful. It is used to compare the degree of illness, discomfort, or bodily pain between two or more subjects. For example, “Olen kipeämpi tänään kuin eilen” translates to “I’m sicker today than yesterday.”

The form kipeämpi is created with the comparative suffix -mpi added to kipeä. The base kipeä takes the comparative ending to yield kipeämpi, and the corresponding superlative is kipein (the sickest). Examples: “Hän on kipeämpi kuin hän oli viime viikolla” and “Tämä vatsakipu on kipein” (the latter may sound somewhat formal depending on context). Like other Finnish adjectives, kipeämpi agrees with the subject in number and person within the sentence.

Usage notes include that kipeämpi primarily discusses levels of illness or discomfort and can apply to people, animals, or symptoms. It is not typically used to describe abstract qualities outside health or bodily sensation. In everyday speech, kipeämpi is common in informal and clinical contexts alike, whereas more formal or technical language may specify the symptom or diagnosis in addition to the relative comparison.

Related forms include kipeä (positive) and kipein (superlative, the sickest). The word is widely understood in Finnish-speaking regions and can be used with verbs of being or feeling, such as “jutun tiimoilta olen kipeämpi” or “minulla on kipeä kurkku,” with kipeämpi used to compare otherwise.