Sokereista

Sokereista is a Finnish word form meaning “from the sugars.” It is the elative plural form of the noun sokeri (sugar) and is used to express origin or source in Finnish, particularly when referring to more than one type of sugar.

In Finnish grammar, the elative case indicates movement from or source, among other nuances. The singular elative is sokerista, and the plural elative is sokereista. This form shows up in contexts where compounds, ingredients, or materials are described as derived from sugars or sourced from sugar-containing substances.

Usage notes: Sokereista is most common in linguistic descriptions, nutritional texts, and discussions of ingredients where multiple sugar sources are involved. It can appear in phrases that describe products, processes, or formulations derived from sugars. In everyday language, speakers might instead use singular forms or rephrase to avoid the explicit plural elative.

Examples:

- Esimerkki: Sokereista valmistettu karamelli on suosittua. (Example: Caramel made from sugars is popular.)

- Esimerkki: Reseptissä mainitaan sokereista peräisin olevia raaka-aineita, kuten glukoosia ja fruktoosia. (Example: The recipe lists ingredients derived from sugars, such as glucose and fructose.)

Etymology: Sokereista is formed from sokeri plus the elative plural ending -sta/-stä (-ista/-istä in the elative plural). It reflects standard Finnish derivational and inflectional patterns for countable nouns in the elative plural.

See also: sokeri, elatiivi (elative case), Finnish grammar, glossaries of nutritional terms.