Vakavampiin

Vakavampiin is the comparative form of the Finnish adjective vakava, meaning “more serious” or “gravely.” It functions as an adjective that modifies a plural noun in the illative case, and is used to express that the described matter is more serious than a baseline.

In Finnish, the illative plural suffix -iin marks direction toward multiple items or concepts, so vakavampiin is typically attached to a noun in plural illative form, for example vakavampiin tilanteisiin ("to more serious situations") or vakavampiin kysymyksiin ("to more serious questions"). The form is most commonly found in formal or written contexts, including policy discussions, journalism, and analytical writing, where the severity of potential outcomes is being discussed.

The plain comparative form for singular nouns is vakavampi; the superlative is vakavimmat (plural) or vakavimmissa, depending on case and number.

Examples:

- Hätätilanteissa meidän on varauduttava vakavampiin tilanteisiin.

- Kysymysten vakavuus kasvaa, kun aiheet siirtyvät vakavampiin kysymyksiin.

Related forms include vakavampi (comparative for singular) and vakavimmat (superlative for plural), with additional inflected variants like vakavimmissa for specific cases.