asuinpaikkaan

Asuinpaikkaan is the illative case form of the Finnish noun asuinpaikka, meaning the place where one lives or one's residence. Asuinpaikka is a compound of asua (to live) and paikka (place), so asuinpaikkaan literally translates to “to the place of residence.” The illative suffix -an/-ään marks movement toward something, making asuinpaikkaan a directional form used with verbs of motion or relocation.

Usage and contexts

Asuinpaikkaan is used when specifying destination related to residence, especially in sentences about moving or relocating. For example, “Hän muutti asuinpaikkaan” means “He moved to his/her place of residence.” In more specific phrasing one may hear “uusaan asuinpaikkaan” (to a new place of residence). The form also appears in administrative or formal contexts, such as housing, relocation procedures, or domicile records, where it indicates the destination of residence.

Related forms

The noun has other inflectional forms: genitive asuinpaikan (of the place of residence), partitive asuinpaikkaa, and various inessive/elative forms such as asuinpaikassa (in the place of residence) and asuinpaikasta (from the place of residence).

Notes

Asuinpaikkaan is standard Finnish and commonly found in everyday language as well as official discourse. It expresses movement toward a residence rather than location within a residence.