Ohituksissa

ohituksissa is a Finnish noun form describing the situation of overtaking or bypassing another competitor, vehicle, or obstacle. The base noun ohitus denotes the act of passing by or overtaking, and it is used in road traffic and sports journalism. Ohituksissa is the inessive plural form, roughly meaning “in the overtakes” or “during overtakes.” It appears in descriptions of races, traffic reports, and analyses of tactical maneuvers when several overtaking events occur.

Morphology and usage: ohituksissa is formed from the root ohitus with the inessive plural suffix -issa/-issä. It marks a location or state within multiple overtaking events rather than a single instance. The form is most common in written Finnish, such as sports summaries and traffic analysis, where the writer wants to emphasize ongoing overtaking activity.

Contexts and examples: In sports writing, you might see: “Kisassa nähtiin useita ohituksia viimeisellä kierroksella, ja ohituksissa kärki vaihtui useaan kertaan.” In traffic reporting, the term can appear when discussing sequences of maneuvers, for example in analyses of a busy road segment during peak hours. In everyday speech, speakers typically use ohitukset for a simple reference to overtakes, while ohituksissa appears when describing ongoing activity.

See also: ohitus, ohituskaista.