Nenän

Nenän is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun nenä, meaning nose. In Finnish grammar, genitive forms express possession or association and are used to link nouns in noun phrases. Nenän therefore translates to “of the nose” and appears in a wide range of contexts, from anatomical descriptions to everyday speech.

Common uses include phrases such as nenän kautta (through the nose), nenän iho (the skin of the nose), and nenän limakalvo (the nasal mucosa). In such expressions, nenän denotes the relationship to the nose rather than a standalone concept. The form is regularly encountered in medical, scientific, and descriptive Finnish where parts, features, or conditions of the nose are being described.

Formation and usage note: nenän is formed by adding the genitive suffix -n to the base nenä. As a genitive, it accompanies other nouns or adjectives to specify a relationship to the nose. It is not a standalone noun but a grammatical form used within noun phrases.

For more general information about the root word, see nenä (nose). Nenän as a word form is a standard element of Finnish morphology and illustrates how possessive and relational meaning is expressed without separate articles or prepositions in Finnish syntax.