Viidenneksi

Viidenneksi is a Finnish adverbial form of the ordinal number five, used to indicate the fifth position in a sequence. It functions similarly to the English “fifthly” or “in the fifth place” and appears in formal or enumerative contexts.

Morphology and related forms: Viidenneksi is part of a set of ordinal adverbs formed from ordinal numerals: ensimmäiseksi, toiseksi, kolmanneksi, neljänneksi, viidenneksi. These adverbs are used to mark order in lists, steps, or sections rather than to describe a quantity. The form is fixed and does not normally take broader grammatical endings.

Usage: The word is typically employed in written or formal Finnish to guide readers through ordered items or procedural steps. It often appears after enumerations or as a reference to a specific position within a sequence, for example in instructions, analyses, or legal texts. It can be used in phrases such as viidenneksi kohti seuraavaa vaihetta or referring to the fifth item in a list.

Examples:

- Ensimmäiseksi teimme tela-auditin, toiseksi suunnittelimme, kolmanneksi toteutimme, neljänneksi testasimme ja viidenneksi arvioimme tulokset.

- Katso viidenneksi kappaleen ohjeet ennen kuin aloitat.

Etymology and note: Viidenneksi derives from the stem viides (fifth) with the standard ordinal adverb suffix -ksi in Finnish, following the pattern of other ordinal adverbs like ensimmäiseksi and kolmanneksi. It is used mainly in formal writing and in structured instructions.

See also: ordinal numerals in Finnish, ensimmäiseksi, toiseksi, kolmanneksi, neljänneksi.