Syntymähetkellä

Syntymähetkellä is a Finnish adverbial phrase meaning "at the moment of birth" or "at birth." It denotes the exact time a person was born and is used in medical, genealogical, biographical, and research-related texts where precise timing matters.

Formally, syntymähetkellä is formed from syntymä (birth) and hetkellä (at the moment, at time). In Finnish grammar, hetkellä carries a time-related sense, so syntymähetkellä functions as a time adverbial indicating the moment of birth. It is typically used to modify statements about birth or events tied to that instant.

Usage of syntymähetkellä is common in contexts such as birth records, medical histories, genealogical databases, and scholarly studies that require an exact birth moment. It refers to a precise instant rather than a broader timeframe. For example, in a data record one might note that a birth time was recorded syntymähetkellä, or describe findings that pertain to an individual at syntymähetkellä.

In Finnish, the term can appear in possessive phrases to indicate what occurs at the birth moment, for instance when describing events tied to a person’s birth time. It is a specialized expression and is not typically used in everyday conversation, but it is standard in formal documentation and academic writing when exact birth timing is relevant.