Tämänhetkisestä

Tämänhetkisestä is the elative singular form of the Finnish adjective tämänhetkinen, which means current or present as of now. It describes a state, event, or information that exists at the present moment and is commonly used in formal, administrative, and media contexts.

Etymology and spelling: the adjective is a compound of the demonstrative tämä (“this”) and hetkinen (moment-related), forming a standard Finnish attributive adjective. It is normally written as a single word: tämänhetkinen. Like other -inen adjectives, it inflects for case and number, not for gender.

Inflection and examples: as part of the -inen adjective class, it declines with normal Finnish patterns. Examples in different cases include:

- nominative singular: tämänhetkinen

- genitive singular: tämänhetkisen

- partitive singular: tämänhetkistä

- inessive singular: tämänhetkisessä

- elative singular: tämänhetkisestä

The elative form, tämänhetkisestä, is used to express origin or source, for example in phrases meaning “from the present situation.”

Usage and nuance: tämänhetkinen is used to denote the state or information that exists "as of now." It often implies immediacy or temporariness compared to broader terms like nykyinen (contemporary, current). It appears in journalism, official reports, and academic writing to anchor statements to the current moment.

See also: nykyinen, nykyhetki, hetkellinen. In practice, tämänhetkinen is a productive and widely understood way to refer to the present state, and its inflected forms connect to the surrounding noun in discourse.