Tunnin

Tunnin is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun tunti, which means hour. In Finnish, the genitive form is used to indicate possession, association, or a temporal relationship with the noun it derives from. Thus tunnin functions as a link to or qualifier for another element in a phrase.

In practice, tunnin appears in time-related expressions such as tunnin kesto (the duration of an hour or of the event in hours), tunnin aikana (during the hour), and tunnin loppu or tunnin lopussa (at the end of the hour). Finnish grammar relies on inflection rather than prepositions to express these relations, so tunnin often follows a prepositional phrase or serves as the head of a compound expression in which the genitive is required.

As a genitive form, tunnin only occurs in contexts where الوقت or time is being specified in relation to another noun or action. It is not used as a standalone English term, and outside Finnish, it usually appears in linguistic or translated texts to indicate the grammatical case of tunti. The base word tunti is commonly found in compounds and fixed phrases, such as tuntihinta (hourly rate), where different morphological processes create related meanings.

See also tunti, tuntia, tuntihinta.

Note: This article covers tunnin as a Finnish grammatical form; for other uses or proper nouns that may resemble the term, additional sources would be needed.