Perinteisin

Perinteisin is a Finnish adjective meaning the most traditional. It serves as the superlative form of perinteinen and is used to describe something that adheres most closely to established customs, practices, or traditions. The word is commonly used in cultural, culinary, and craft contexts to compare options within a group.

In usage, perinteisin modifies a noun in the nominative singular as in "Tämä on perinteisin tapa järjestää juhla" (This is the most traditional way to organize the celebration). It can also be inflected for other cases and numbers in sentences such as "perinteisimmät tavat" (the most traditional ways) or "perinteisimmän tavan mukaan" (according to the most traditional method). The form is one of the standard superlatives in Finnish for adjectives ending in -inen.

Etymology: the base is perinne, meaning tradition, with the adjective derived as perinteinen, and the superlative formed with the suffix -isin. The word reflects a normative assessment of what is considered traditional within a given group or context.

See also: perinne, perinteinen, perinteisempi, perinteisimmän.