Viimeisillä

Viimeisillä is a Finnish grammatical form used to express temporality or location in relation to “the last” or “the latest.” It is the adessive plural form of the adjective viimeinen, which means last or final. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, so when the noun is plural and in the adessive case, viimeinen becomes viimeisillä.

The primary function of viimeisillä is to mark a spatial or temporal position on the latest items or periods. It frequently occurs in phrases describing time, such as viiveimillä viikoilla or viileimisillä kuukausilla, where it conveys “in the latest weeks” or “in the most recent months.” It can also appear with plural nouns referring to sets or groups, for example viimeisillä tuotteilla meaning “on the latest products” or “the most recent products,” depending on the accompanying noun.

Usage notes clarify that viimeisillä is distinct from the comparative or superlative forms of the adjective. The word most often appears with a following noun and a broader time frame, rather than standing alone. For finer gradation, Finnish speakers also use forms like viimeisin (the most recent) or viimeisimmät (the most recent ones) to emphasize recency, while viimeisillä specifies the grammatical case and number for the noun it modifies.

Etymology and related forms: viimeisillä derives from the base adjective viimeinen (last, final) with standard Finnish case and number endings. Related forms include viimeinen (singular last), viimeisin (most recent), and viimeiset (the last ones, plural nominative). These forms share the same root but serve different grammatical purposes.

See also: Finnish grammar, adjectives, adessive case, last/final in Finnish.