Viipaleiden

Viipaleiden is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun viipale, meaning a slice or portion, most commonly a slice of bread or meat. As a grammatical inflection rather than a separate lexical item, viipaleiden is used to express possession or a relationship involving multiple slices.

In ordinary Finnish, viipaleiden appears in phrases describing attributes or parts related to several slices. For example, viipaleiden reunat means the edges of the slices, and viipaleiden määrä refers to the number of slices. The form answers questions such as “whose slices?” or “of which slices?” in contexts where more than one viipale is involved.

Morphology and related forms: the singular genitive of viipale is viipaleen, while the plural genitive is viipaleiden. These inflections are part of standard Finnish noun declension and follow the typical pattern for many concrete count nouns. The use of viipaleiden does not carry a special meaning beyond its grammatical function; it simply marks the relationship to another noun in the sentence.

Usage notes: viipaleiden is common in descriptive writing, recipes, menus, and everyday speech when multiple slices are referenced. It is typically preceded by a noun or determiner that identifies the referent of the slices, such as "leipäviipaleiden" (slices of bread) or "lihaviipaleiden" (meat slices).

See also: viipale (bread slice), Finnish grammar, genitive case.