Viimeisessä

Viimeisessä is the inessive singular form of the Finnish adjective viimeinen, meaning “last” or “final.” It is used to describe something located in the last part of a space or period, or to denote the final stage of a process, when the noun it modifies is in the inessive case or when the context implies “in the last …”.

Common usage patterns include placing viimeisessä before a noun: for example, viimeisessä kappaleessa means “in the last paragraph,” and viimeisessä luvussa means “in the final chapter.” It agrees with the noun in number and case, following the standard declension for -inen adjectives. Singular inessive is viimeisessä, while plural inessive is viimeisissä; other cases follow the usual -inen adjective endings (e.g., genitive viimeisen, illative viimeiseen).

Examples:

- Viimeisessä kappaleessa on ratkaiseva käänne. (There is a decisive turn in the last paragraph.)

- Projektin viimeisessä vaiheessa valmistuminen on odotettavissa. (In the final stage of the project, completion is expected.)

Declension note:

- Nominative singular: viimeinen

- Genitive singular: viimeisen

- Illative singular: viimeiseen

- Partitive singular: viimeistä

- Inessive singular: viimeisessä

- Nominative plural: viimeiset

- Inessive plural: viimeisissä

Etymology:

Viimeinen is formed from the stem viime- meaning “end” or “latest” with the adjectival suffix -inen. The inessive suffix -ssä yields viimeisessä. It is part of the common class of Finnish -inen adjectives and behaves like other adjectives in declension.

See also: Finnish adjectives, case declension, -inen adjectives.