etäisemmät

Etäisemmät is a Finnish comparative adjective used to describe plural nouns as being more distant than a reference point. It is the plural nominative form of etäisempi, the comparative of etäinen (distant). The prefix etä- conveys distance, and the suffix -isempi marks the comparative; the form shifts in different cases and numbers (for example etäisempien in the genitive or partitive, etäisimmät in the plural superlative).

Usage of etäisemmät occurs in descriptive, analytical, and journalistic writing to indicate greater physical distance, but it can also refer to temporal or conceptual distance. The word agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case, so it can appear in various inflected forms depending on the sentence structure. For example, "Etäisemmät kaupungit sijaitsevat kauempana keskustasta" means that the more distant cities lie farther from the center, while "Etäisemmät alueet vaativat tarkempaa suunnittelua" refers to the farther areas requiring more detailed planning.

Etymology traces etäisemmät to etäinen (distant) with the prefix etä- and the comparative suffix -isempi, forming a standard Finnish comparative construction. The lexical contrast is with etäisempi (singular). Related terms include etäisyys (distance) and etäinen (distant), which provide common roots for discourse about relative distances in geography, time, or relationships.