Tyyppissä

Tyyppissä is a Finnish noun form that functions as the inessive case of the word tyyppi, meaning "in the type" or "within a type" in English. It is used to refer to something that belongs to or is described by a specific type, category, or typology. The form is part of Finnish noun inflection, where the suffix -ssä marks the inessive (in, inside, within).

In practice, tyyppissä appears in contexts such as classification schemes, typologies, and descriptions of specimens or data groups. It helps specify that a feature, example, or element is found inside a particular type or category rather than outside of it. For example, in scientific or technical writing one might discuss features that occur “tyyppissä B” to indicate that those features are characteristic of type B, or reference observations that are observed “tyyppissä A.”

Relation to related terms: tyyppi denotes the general concept of type or kind. The adjective muod "tyyppinen" means typical or of a type, and the adverb "tyyppisesti" means in a typical manner. The form "tyyppissä" thus sits within a family of terms used to describe categorization and typology in Finnish discourse.

Notes on usage: Because Finnish often labels categories with capitalized names (for example, tyyppi A, tyyppi B), the inessive form "tyyppissä" commonly appears in technical writing, catalogs, or methodological descriptions where the position of data or observations relative to a type needs to be stated.

See also: tyyppi, tyypillinen, tyypillisesti, tyypillinen tutkimus.