Rinteellä

Rinteellä is a Finnish locative form meaning “on the slope” and is the adessive case of the noun rinne, meaning slope or hillside. It is used to indicate that something is located on a slope rather than on flat ground. The term is common in outdoor and winter-sport contexts and appears frequently in Finnish ski-area vocabulary and descriptions of hilly terrain.

In winter contexts, rinteellä refers to ski slopes (rinteet) and the activities that take place on them. Signs and guides may mark trails, lifts, or hazards as being “rinteellä.” People can say “Laskijat ovat rinteellä” (The skiers are on the slope) or “Lumi on rinteellä” (The snow is on the slope). In travel writing or geography, it can describe objects or features located on a hillside, such as “talo rinteellä” (a house on the slope).

Grammatical notes: “Rinne” is a masculine noun; “rinteellä” forms the locative with the adessive suffix -llä. The genitive form is “rinteen,” found in phrases such as “rinteen varrella” (along the slope) or “rinteen päällä” (on top of the slope).