Toisenmoinen

Toisenmoinen is a Finnish adjective meaning "of another kind" or "of a different sort." It is a compound of the words toinen (other, another) and moinen (such, kind), and it functions as an adjective describing a noun in a way that emphasizes a contrast with something else.

Today, toisenmoinen is rarely used in everyday speech. In contemporary Finnish, the standard form for such a meaning is toisenlainen. Toisenmoinen is largely confined to literary, historical, or highly formal contexts, and it is encountered in older texts or poetic language. Because of its elevated register, it is often discussed as a curiosity of the language rather than a productive part of modern usage.

In usage notes, toisenmoinen conveys the sense of "of a kind different from what has been mentioned," rather than simply "another kind." It can appear in comparative constructions and in phrases that hinge on contrast, but speakers normally replace it with toisenlainen or with phrasing that avoids the compound.

Etymologically, the term is formed from toinen plus moinen, sharing roots with related forms such as erilainen and toisenlainen, which express similar contrasts in modern language.

Related terms include erilainen, toisenlainen, and toinen.