Materielisen

Materielisen is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective meaning material or related to matter and equipment. Specifically, it is the genitive singular form of the adjective materielinen (or of the related loanword root matériel/matériel in technical usage). In Finnish grammar, such inflected forms appear when the adjective modifies a noun that is in the genitive case, and thus materielisen functions as a modifier within possessive or descriptive phrases.

The root concept behind materiellinen/materielinen relates to materiality, physical substances, or equipment rather than abstract or spiritual qualities. In everyday Finnish, the more common standard form for the generic sense is materiaalinen, while materielinen is encountered mainly in specialized contexts, including technical, military, or translated terminology that borrows from the French matériel, which refers to military equipment and logistical materiel.

In practical use, materielisen appears in phrases where the associated noun is in genitive, such as when describing the value, condition, or characteristics of equipment or material reality. Because this form is tied to inflection, it is not a separate lexical item but a grammatical variant of the adjective used to express materiality or equipment-related concepts in context.

Related terms include materiaali (material), materiaalinen (material-related in the standard Finnish form), and henki-ninen contrasts such as henkinen (spiritual or mental) to indicate the broader dichotomy between material and non-material aspects.