Korkeaa

Korkeaa is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective korkea, which means high, tall, or elevated. In Finnish grammar, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, so korkeaa appears when the modified noun is in the partitive case or when the reference is to an indefinite amount or quality.

Common uses include phrases that describe quality or degree with an indefinite object. For example, in the sentences tarvimme korkeaa laatua (we need high quality) and siinä on korkeaa lämpöä (there is high heat), the noun phrases laatua and lämpöä are in the partitive case, producing korkeaa as the adjective form. The partitive form also appears in contexts expressing partial quantity or non-countable nouns.

Related forms and inflections include korkean (genitive singular) and korkeita (partitive plural). The nominative singular is korkea, and the plural nominative is korkeat. These forms illustrate how the adjective changes to agree with different noun forms.

Etymology traces korkea to Finnish roots meaning high, tall, or elevated, with cognates in other Finnic languages. Korkeaa, while not a separate lexical entry on its own, is an important inflected form used frequently in everyday Finnish to describe properties of objects and phenomena when the reference is not fully quantified.

See also: korkea, Finnish adjectives, partitive case, Finnish grammar.