genereihin

Genereihin is a Finnish inflected form used when discussing categories or movements into categories that are called genres. It functions as the illative plural form of the loanword genre, and it is commonly read as meaning into genres or to genres. The term is most often encountered in discussions of literature, film, music, and other media where works are categorized or analyzed by genre.

The base word genre is a borrowing that has been integrated into Finnish vocabulary. In Finnish, genre can take multiple inflected forms depending on case and number, with genrein or genreihin used in illative contexts to indicate direction toward the genres. As a plural illative, genreihin is typically used after numerals or quantifiers that imply several categories, for example: useisiin genreihin (into several genres) or useisiin genreihin ja alagenreihin (into several genres and subgenres).

In use, genereihin or genreihin appears in sentences that discuss classification, comparison, or grouping of works. Examples include: Teokset voidaan jakaa useisiin genreihin. (Works can be divided into several genres.) Kritiikit vertailevat teoksia eri genreihin. (Critics compare works across different genres.) The form is common in academic writing, journalism, and critical discourse about cultural products.

Related forms include genret (nominative plural: genres), genren (genitive singular), and genrein or genreihin as illative forms for singular or plural contexts, depending on the sentence structure. The term is closely linked to discussions of genre theory, classification schemes, and media studies. See also genre and genre theory for broader context.