Määrineen

Määrineen is a Finnish word that primarily refers to a noun that has been inflected. In Finnish grammar, nouns are highly inflected, meaning they change their form to indicate grammatical functions such as case, number, and possession. When a noun is inflected, it becomes a määrineen.

For example, the nominative singular form of a noun is its basic form. However, Finnish has 15 grammatical cases, each with a distinct suffix or change in the word's ending. When a noun is placed into one of these cases, such as the genitive, partitive, or illative, it is then considered a määrineen. The word "määrineen" itself is the plural form of "määrinen," which is an inflected form of the word "määrä" (meaning quantity or amount).

Understanding the concept of määrineen is crucial for comprehending Finnish sentence structure and the way words interact within a sentence. It highlights the agglutinative nature of the Finnish language, where grammatical information is added as suffixes to a root word. Therefore, recognizing a noun as a määrineen means identifying it as a word that has undergone grammatical modification to serve a specific purpose in the sentence. The specific form of the määrineen reveals its role in relation to other words.