Loppupäähän

Loppupäähän is a Finnish illative form of the compound noun loppupää, meaning “the far end” or “the end part” of something. The word is used to express movement or direction toward that part, typically within a space such as a corridor, a room, or a line.

Etymology and grammar: Loppupää combines loppu (end) and pää (head/end). The illative suffix grades the noun for motion into something, yielding loppupäähän. The corresponding static location form is loppupäässä (in the far end). In phrases describing a target of movement, the modifying noun often appears in the genitive (for example, jonon loppupäähän = to the end of the line).

Usage notes: Loppupäähän is common in descriptions of physical spaces and navigational directions. It is suitable for both everyday and descriptive contexts, and it can be used with verbs of movement such as mennä (to go), kävellä (to walk), lähteä (to depart), or suuntautua (to head toward).

Examples:

- Kävelimme käytävän loppupäähän. We walked to the far end of the corridor.

- Mennään loppupäähän ja katsotaan, onko ovi lukittu. Let’s go to the end and see if the door is locked.

- Jonon loppupäähän saapui viimeinen osallistuja. The last participant arrived at the end of the line.

See also: loppupää, illative case in Finnish grammar.