Toisintojen

Toisintojen is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun toisinto, which denotes a repetition, replay or re-enactment. In grammar, toisintojen is used to indicate possession or relation (for example toisintojen laatu = the quality of the repetitions/replays). The base verb is toistaa (“to repeat”), and toisinto functions as a nominalized form referring to an act or instance of repeating.

The term appears in several everyday and professional contexts. In media and sports, toisinnat (or toisintojen näyttäminen in the genitive) refer to video replays or rebroadcasts of events. In education and testing, toisinnat can mean exam retakes or repeated course sessions. In music and performance, the word describes repeated performances or reprises of pieces. It is also used more broadly for reenactments, reproductions or reiterations of actions, processes and phenomena.

Stylistically and semantically, toisintojen overlaps with Finnish synonyms such as uudelleenjärjestely, uusioversio or toisto, though nuances differ: toisinto stresses the act or instance of repeating, while toisto often denotes the concept of repetition as a pattern. As a grammatical form, toisintojen is commonly found in compound phrases and institutional language (e.g., toisintojen aikataulu, toistojen seuranta) where possession or relation to multiple repetitions is expressed.