Ylijäämäisen

Ylijäämäisen is a Finnish adjective meaning surplus, extra, or remaining. It is used to describe quantities, resources, or conditions that exceed what is required, expected, or available. The word is formed from the noun ylijäämä (surplus, remainder) plus the suffix -inen, which creates adjectives. The basic form is ylijäämäinen, and the inflected form ylijäämäisen appears in certain constructions, such as when the adjective is used in a genitive singular phrase to modify a noun (for example in phrases indicating “the amount of surplus”).

In use, ylijäämäinen commonly appears in economic, budgeting, and production contexts to indicate a surplus or excess beyond demand or planning. It can describe financial results (a surplus outcome), physical inventories (excess stock), or statistical measurements that exceed a specified threshold. The term functions as a descriptive label rather than a value judgment, helping distinguish surplus from deficit or normal levels.

Related terms include ylijäämä (surplus or remainder) as the broader noun form, and alijäämä (deficit) as its semantic opposite. Finnish speakers may encounter various inflected forms of the adjective depending on case, number, and definiteness within a sentence.

Overall, ylijäämäisen and its related forms provide a concise way to express the idea of excess or overabundance in Finnish, spanning everyday language and technical discourse.