Perinteisempää

Perinteisempää is a Finnish adjective form meaning “more traditional.” It is the comparative form of perinteinen, which means traditional, and it is used to compare the degree to which something follows tradition or traditional practices.

In Finnish, the comparative is created by adding the suffix -empi to the stem of the adjective. The resulting form is then declined to match the noun in case and number. Therefore, you can encounter perinteisempää in various grammatical contexts, such as partitive singular (perinteisempää ruokaa), genitive, or plural forms (perinteisemmät arvot).

Usage of perinteisempää tends to emphasize tradition in contrast to something else, and it can describe culture, customs, design, speech, food, or values. It is common in everyday language as well as in journalism, academic writing, and cultural commentary when the author wants to highlight a greater adherence to tradition.

Examples:

- Tämä juhla on perinteisempää kuin viime vuonna. (This festival is more traditional than last year.)

- Hän pitää perinteisemmistä ruokavaihtoehdoista. (He/She prefers more traditional food options.)

- Perinteisemmät arvot ovat tärkeitä tässä yhteisössä. (More traditional values are important in this community.)

Notes:

Perinteisempää is an objective, descriptive term when used about traditions; it does not by itself express a positive or negative judgment, though context can influence tone. As with other Finnish adjectives, the form adapts to case and number to fit the sentence.