Tyyppisestä

Tyyppisestä is the elative singular form of the Finnish adjective tyyppinen, which means typical or characteristic. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify in number, case, and definiteness, and the elative case expresses source, origin, or context. Therefore, tyyppisestä carries the sense of “from a typical [something]” or “in the sense of a typical [something].” The form is used with nouns in the elative case, for example tyyppisestä mallista or tyyppisestä tapauksesta.

The word tyyppinen belongs to the common Finnish class of -inen adjectives. These adjectives are formed from the noun tyyppi (type) plus the -inen suffix, yielding a descriptive adjective meaning “typical” or “characteristic.” The elative form tyyppisestä is created by attaching the appropriate elative ending to the adjective stem.

Usage of tyyppisestä is largely confined to descriptive or analytical Finnish, including academic, journalistic, or formal writing, where a speaker or writer discusses patterns, samples, or examples that are representative or typical. It can introduce or refer to a source or context drawn from a representative instance, such as a typical model, case, or example.

Examples include: “Tyyppisestä mallista voidaan päätellä, miten prosessi yleensä etenee.” (From a typical model one can infer how the process usually progresses.) “Tutkimuksessa kiinnitettiin huomiota tyypillisestä tavasta poikkeaviin piirteisiin.” (The study noted features that depart from the typical pattern.)

Etymology: tyyppinen is formed from tyyppi (type) with the Finnish suffix -inen, a common way to create adjectives. The elative form tyyppisestä follows standard Finnish inflection rules for -inen adjectives.