Monimutkaisimmissa

Monimutkaisimmissa is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as an inflected adjective rather than a standalone noun. It is the inessive plural form of the superlative adjective monimutkaisin, meaning “in the most complicated.” The base adjective monimutkainen means “complicated,” and its superlative form monimutkaisin describes the highest degree of complexity. When combined with a plural noun in the inessive case, the form becomes monimutkaisimmissa, for example monimutkaisimmissa tilanteissa (“in the most complicated situations”) or monimutkaisimmissa tapauksissa (“in the most complicated cases”).

Morphology and usage

Monimutkaisimmissa is produced by taking the superlative stem monimutkaisin and adding the plural inessive suffix -ssa/-ssä along with the plural ending -i- to agree with the noun it modifies. This form is used when the speaker refers to multiple items or events that inhabit the inessive case, typically in analytic or descriptive prose. It is common in academic, technical, or journalistic Finnish where nuanced comparisons are needed.

Examples

- Monimutkaisimmissa tilanteissa on tärkeää suunnitella vaiheittain.

- Tämä ratkaisu voi toimia, mutta monimutkaisimmissa tapauksissa tarvitaan lisäselvityksiä.

Relation to language

The word illustrates Finnish’s rich system of adjectives that agree with number and case. Monimutkaisimmissa is not a proper noun or a fixed title; it remains a grammatical form, though it can appear in headings or quoted phrases in written text when describing complex phenomena.

Notes

As with other superlatives, the exact meaning of monimutkaisimmissa depends on the nouns it modifies and the surrounding context.