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),
Inflection and examples: as part of the -inen adjective class, it declines with normal Finnish patterns. Examples
- 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
Usage and nuance: tämänhetkinen is used to denote the state or information that exists "as of now."
See also: nykyinen, nykyhetki, hetkellinen. In practice, tämänhetkinen is a productive and widely understood way to