Uudempiin

Uudempiin is a Finnish grammatical form used to express movement toward newer things in the plural illative. It is not a standalone lexical item but a inflected form of the comparative adjective uudempi, which means newer. The base adjective uusi means new, and its comparative uudempi is used to compare two or more items. When combined with a plural noun in the illative case (indicating direction toward something), the ending -iin is added, producing uudempiin. The overall meaning is “to newer [things/places]” or “into newer [things/places].”

Form and usage. Uudempiin is formed from the stem uudempi + the illative plural suffix -iin. This form is used with plural nouns that require the illative case, for example tiloihin (into rooms) or teknologioihin (into technologies). The structure is common in contexts discussing modernization, updates, or shifts toward more modern options. It can appear with verbs expressing movement or direction, or with verbs indicating changes in focus or scope.

Examples. Mennenään uudempiin tiloihin. Translation: Let's go to newer facilities. Hankkeet suuntautuivat uudempiin teknologioihin. Translation: The projects targeted newer technologies. These examples illustrate how uudempiin modifies plural nouns in illative phrases to convey transition toward more recent alternatives.

Notes. Uudempiin is part of a broader pattern in Finnish where adjectives in their comparative form take illative plural endings to describe directed movement toward a group of items or places. It is most common in written Finnish but appears in everyday speech as well. See also: uudempi (comparative form), illative case, Finnish adjective inflection.