Työpäivän

Työpäivän is the genitive singular form of the Finnish noun työpäivä, meaning “workday” or “working day.” The term refers to a day on which a person performs paid work, typically aligned with regular working hours. In Finnish, työpäivä is used to discuss time spent at work, deadlines within a day, or schedules, and its genitive form työpäivän is used to indicate something that belongs to or occurs during the workday (for example, työpäivän aikana = during the workday, työpäivän lopussa = at the end of the workday).

The word is a compound of töö and päivä, formed as työpäivä. Common inflections include työpäivän (genitive), työpäivää (partitive), and työpäivänä (adessive), among others. This flexibility allows it to function in various grammatical constructions that relate to time, possession, or occurrence within the day of work.

In practical use, työpäivä helps define deadlines, schedules, and payroll considerations. In Finland, working hours are governed by legislation and collective agreements; a typical full-time workday often corresponds to eight hours, contributing to a standard around forty hours per week, though actual daily hours vary by sector, contract, and job role. The concept is distinct from arkivipäivä or weekday (a calendar day that is not a holiday) and from työaika, which refers more broadly to working time rather than a specific calendar day.