Sanomalehdessä

Sanomalehdessä is the inessive singular form of sanomalehti, a Finnish compound meaning “newspaper.” The word sanomalehti combines sanoma (news, message) and lehti (sheet, newspaper). In Finnish, the locative suffix -ssa/-ssä marks location or presence, so sanomalehdessä literally means “in the newspaper” and is used to indicate that something is located inside or published within a newspaper.

Usage and examples

The phrase is commonly used to refer to information, articles, or content that appear in a newspaper. For example: “Artikkeli ilmestyi sanomalehdessä” (The article appeared in the newspaper) or “Tiedot löytyvät sanomalehdessä” (The information can be found in the newspaper). It can also indicate where something is published, such as “Tämä ilmoitus on sanomalehdessä.” In plural form, sanomalehdissä means “in the newspapers” or “in newspapers.”

Linguistic notes

Sanomalehti is a concrete noun referring to a physical or published newspaper, not to the concept of news in general. The inessive form sanomalehdessä is used without an article in Finnish, and it agrees with the surrounding sentence as a location phrase. Related forms include sanomalehden (genitive: of the newspaper) and sanomalehteä (partitive: a newspaper/object in some contexts). The plural sanomalehdissä is used when speaking about multiple newspapers or newspaper publications collectively.

See also

Related terms include sanomalehtiarkisto (newspaper archive), lehdet (newspapers, plural), and other informational media expressions that use Finnish locative cases to indicate publication or location.