Viinien

Viinien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun viini, meaning wine. It is used to express possession or relation to more than one wine, as in phrases like viinien etiketit (the labels of wines) or viinien hinnat (the prices of wines).

In Finnish, viini follows a regular declension pattern. The nominative plural is viinit, the genitive plural is viinien, and the partitive plural is viinejä. This makes viinien the appropriate form whenever the sentence requires a genitive plural, such as in measurements, comparisons, or descriptions involving multiple wines.

Etymology and usage: viini is a loanword in Finnish for wine. While the exact path of borrowing is not always certain, it is commonly traced to European languages for the word wine, with Swedish or German influence being a likely route, and ultimately linked to Latin vinum. The genitive plural ending -ien is a standard Finnish plural form that attaches to many nouns ending in -i, producing viinien to denote “of wines.” The usage of viinien is frequent in wine-related discourse, including menus, reviews, and academic or statistical texts discussing multiple wines.

See also: Finnish grammar, Viini, List of Finnish nouns, Wine in Finnish cuisine. Examples include discussions of viinien laatu (the quality of wines) or viinien myynti (the sale of wines).