Seitsemännen

Seitsemännen is a Finnish grammatical form used with ordinal numbers. It is the genitive singular form of the ordinal seitsemäs, meaning seventh. In Finnish, ordinals inflect to agree with the noun they modify, and seitsemännen specifically appears when the ordinal is followed by a noun in the genitive case or when used in certain time- or sequence-related expressions.

Usage and examples:

Seitsemännen occurs in phrases that express “the seventh [X].” For example, seitsemännen kerran means “the seventh time,” a common way to describe repetition or events occurring for the seventh time. Seitsemännen päivän is used to indicate “the seventh day” in contexts where the noun is governed in the genitive, such as seitsemännen päivän tapahtuma (the event of the seventh day). Another typical construction is seitsemännen kerran järjestetty kilpailu (the competition organized for the seventh time). In Finnish dates or sequences, the form helps link the ordinal to a following noun indirectly expressed in genitive.

Notes:

Seitsemännen is primarily used in written or formal Finnish and in contexts involving precise enumeration, time, or order. In everyday speech, speakers may use simpler or less inflected forms depending on the sentence structure.

See also:

Finnish numbers, Finnish ordinal numerals, Finnish grammar.