Minkälaisin
Minkälaisin is a Finnish adjective form built from minkä- (the genitive form of mikä) and laatuinen, used to ask about the kind or quality of something. It expresses a “what kind of” nuance and is related to the more common forms millainen and minkälaatuinen. In modern standard Finnish, minkälaisin is relatively rare and is mainly found in literary, rhetorical, or dialectal contexts. The form can function as a determiner before a noun in questions or exclamations, and its exact inflection varies with case and number, so you may encounter forms such as minkälaisin, minkälaista, or minkälaisia depending on the sentence structure.
- Minkälaisin ratkaisu olisi paras tässä tilanteessa? (What kind of solution would be best in this situation?)
- Minkälaisin vaikutus tällä muutoksella voisi olla? (What kind of effect could this change have?)
In everyday Finnish, speakers more commonly use millaisen or minkälaatuinen to express the same idea. Minkälaisin