Mäen

Mäen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun mäki, which means hill or mound. In Finnish, the genitive marks possession or association, and mäen is formed by adding the -n suffix to the stem of mäki. The form is used in a variety of grammatical constructions and in place names.

In ordinary usage, mäen signals that something belongs to or relates to a hill. It appears in phrases such as mäen pää (the hill’s top), mäen päällä (on the hill’s top), and mäen reuna (the hill’s edge). The genitive can also connect nouns in compound expressions that describe a feature related to a hill, for example in discussions about landscape or geography.

Mäen is common in toponymy and descriptive language. In place names, it can function as a component meaning “hill” or indicate a terrain feature connected to a hill. The exact interpretation depends on the surrounding words and the case system used in the sentence.

Finnish grammar treats mäen as a lowecase common noun form when not part of a proper noun. When used as the first word in a sentence or within a proper noun, capitalization rules apply as with other Finnish words.

Overall, mäen is a standard genitive form that enables speakers to express ownership or association with hills, and it frequently appears in everyday speech, descriptive writing, and geographical terminology.