Luokkaa

Luokkaa is the partitive singular form of the Finnish noun luokka. Luokka has several common meanings: a class or category within a system (such as a scientific classification or a social grouping), a group of students or a classroom, and in computing, a class as a blueprint for objects. The form luokkaa is used when the noun is in the partitive case, typically in contexts involving indefinite quantity or verbs that govern the partitive.

Grammatical notes: Luokkaa occurs in partitive constructions and is often found in phrases that express “such a kind of” or “this/that kind of,” especially with demonstratives or qualifiers like sellainen or tällainen. It is not the base nominative form; the standard singular nominative is luokka and the plural nominatives are luokat. The full set of inflected forms follows Finnish noun morphology (luokan, luokkaa, luokkaa, luokassa, etc.), varying with case and number.

Other senses: In education, luokka typically means a class of students or a classroom. In programming and computer science contexts, luokka means class as in object-oriented programming. In these uses, the grammatical forms shift with case endings in sentences, similar to other Finnish nouns.

Etymology: Luokka derives from Finnic roots with cognates in other Nordic languages, notably Swedish klass, reflecting the broad notion of grouping, ranking, or categorization across languages.

See also: Luokka.