Maisemassa

Maisemassa is the inessive form of the Finnish noun maisema, meaning landscape or scenery. The word literally translates to “in the landscape” and is used to indicate location inside a landscape or to refer to the landscape as part of a scene. In Finnish, the suffix -ssa marks the inessive case, which expresses “in/inside.”

In writing and speech, maisemassa is used to describe places or scenes and to situate actions within the surrounding scenery. It appears in travel writing, journalism, art criticism, photography captions, and everyday language. The term often conveys not only spatial location but also the mood, atmosphere, or visual context created by the landscape. It is commonly found in phrases such as “maisemassa näkyy…” (in the landscape one can see…) or used as a stylistic device to foreground setting.

Examples help illustrate its use. “Maisemassa näkyivät järvi, metsänreuna ja talojen siluetit auringonlaskussa.” “Kuvauksessa korostetaan maiseman avaruutta.” These sentences show how maisemassa situates subjects within natural or built environments and signals what can be perceived in the surroundings.

Related terms:

- maisema

- maisemakuva

- luonnonmaisema

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