Pääkonttoriin

Pääkonttoriin is the illative form of the Finnish noun pääkonttori, meaning the headquarters or main office. The illative marks motion toward a place, so pääkonttoriin is used when speaking about going to the headquarters or sending something to that location. In everyday language it appears in corporate, governmental, and organizational contexts.

The word is a compound of pää- meaning main or principal and konttori meaning office. In Finnish, illative forms are created with a suffix in, yielding phrases like Menen pääkonttoriin (“I’m going to the head office”). The base noun pääkonttori refers to the entity or building itself; when describing being inside the building, Finnish uses the locative form pääkonttorissa (“in the head office”). For plural references to multiple headquarters, the form would be pääkonttoreihin.

Usage notes: pääkonttoriin is used with verbs of motion or transfer, such as mennä, toimittaa, tai viedä, to indicate direction toward the headquarters. In translations, it is typically rendered as “to the headquarters” or “to the head office.” The illative form contrasts with other case forms that indicate location without movement, such as pääkonttorissa (“in the head office”). Etymologically, the term reflects the administrative center of an organization and is common in business, government, and logistics terminology.