Sinisemmät

Sinisemmät is the nominative plural form of the Finnish adjective sinisempi, meaning “bluer” or “more blue.” It is used to compare color shades across several items. In Finnish, adjectives decline for number and case, and the plural nominative form ends with -t, giving sinisemmät for multiple blue-related items. The comparative itself is formed with the suffix -isempi from the base sininen.

Usage of sinisemmät occurs when contrasting color among several objects. For example, you can say: Nuo sävyt ovat sinisemmät kuin edelliset. Näiden vaatteiden sinisemmät värit erottuvat paremmin valaistuksessa. In these cases sinisemmät modifies a plural noun such as sävyt (shades) or värit (colors).

Notes on grammar and nuance: sinisemmät is an attributive form used with plural nouns and agrees in number with the noun it describes. When using with a singular noun, the corresponding form is sinisempi (e.g., taivas on sinisempi tänä iltana). As with other color adjectives, the degree of comparison can also appear in other cases (partitive, genitive, etc.), altering the ending accordingly.

See also: Finnish color adjectives, comparative forms, and noun-adjective agreement in Finnish grammar.