Reissujen

Reissujen is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun reissu, which is a colloquial word meaning a trip, outing, or journey. Reissu is used in everyday speech as a less formal alternative to the more standard matka. The genitive plural reissujen is used when describing something related to multiple trips, often in contexts such as planning, quantity, or characteristics.

In use, reissujen appears in phrases like reissujen suunnittelu (planning of trips), reissujen määrä (the number of trips), or reissujen jälkeen (after the trips). The form follows Finnish plural-genitive patterns, where the ending -en or -jen is used for many nouns of this type; for reissu, the genitive plural ends in -ujen. This can be seen in both written and spoken Finnish, particularly in informal or travel-related discourse.

Etymology and status: reissu is a relatively modern, informal loanword in Finnish, commonly believed to derive from Swedish resa (to travel) or other Nordic sources. It has become a standard part of everyday vocabulary and coexists with the more formal term matka. The plural genitive reissujen is a routine grammatical form used whenever the sentence requires possession, description, or association with multiple trips.

See also: matka, matkailu, travel-related vocabulary in Finnish.