Koosteina

Koosteina is a Finnish noun form derived from kooste, meaning a compilation, montage, or digest. The suffix -na/-nä is used to indicate the role or form of something; thus koosteena translates roughly as “in the form of a compilation” and koosteina as “in the form of compilations” or “as compilations.” The plural form koosteina is commonly used when discussing multiple compilations or content that consists of several compiled pieces.

In practice, koosteina appears in media studies, journalism, literature, and music to describe content assembled from various parts rather than produced as a single original piece. For example, a news program might present a series of clips as koosteina, a literary work might be described as a kooste of excerpts from earlier texts, and a music program might present a medley as koosteina.

The term is largely contextual and descriptive, rather than a technical category with a fixed definition. It is primarily used in Finnish-language writing to convey the nature of assembled content.

Related terms include kooste (a compilation or montage) and koostaminen (the act of compiling).