Pisteitä

Pisteitä is the partitive plural form of the Finnish noun piste, which carries several related meanings such as point, mark, dot, or score. In everyday use, pisteitä refers to an amount of points or marks when the quantity is indefinite or when points are treated as a direct object of a verb. The term appears in contexts ranging from sports and games to education and measurement.

In sports and games, pisteitä denotes the points scored by a player or team and is used to determine rankings or outcomes. In education and assessment, pisteitä refers to the points earned on tests, assignments, or exams, reflecting performance. Pisteitä can also be used in more general statements about accumulating or comparing points, such as “keräsi pisteitä pelin aikana” or “sait enemmän pisteitä kuin vastustaja.” In addition, pisteitä can appear in phrases describing a quantity of points when the amount is not specified.

Linguistic note: piste on the base noun, with nominative plural form pisteet and partitive plural form pisteitä. The partitive singular form is pistettä. The exact form used depends on grammatical role and the nature of the quantity; after numerals and in many counting phrases, the partitive form is common, as in kolme pistettä, while pisteitä is used for indefinite quantities or when the points are being described as a collection.