hengenvaarallisemman

Hengenvaarallisemman is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the genitive singular of the comparative adjective hengenvaarallisempi, meaning "more life-threatening." The base adjective hengenvaarallinen describes something dangerous to life, and its comparative form hengenvaarallisempi is used to compare degrees of danger. When reporting about a noun in the genitive case, the adjective takes the corresponding genitive ending, yielding hengenvaarallisemman.

Etymology and formation: the word combines hengenvaarallinen (life-threatening) with the comparative suffix -isempi to form hengenvaarallisempi, and the genitive singular inflection adds -n to produce hengenvaarallisemman. This pattern mirrors how adjectives decline to match the case and number of the noun they modify in Finnish.

Usage: hengenvaarallisemman is used to describe a noun in genitive that is being qualified as more life-threatening than another item. It is common in formal or technical writing such as safety assessments, medical risk discussions, and journalism when comparing levels of danger. The form cannot stand alone as a predicate and must accompany a noun in the genitive.

Examples:

- Hengenvaarallisemman tilanteen hallinta vaatii nopeita toimenpiteitä.

- Tutkijat vertasivat hoitomuotojen riskejä ja totesivat toisen vaihtoehdon hengenvaarallisemman vaikutuksen.

- Arvioinnit korostavat hengenvaarallisemman vaihtoehdon mahdollisia seurauksia.

See also: hengenvaarallinen, parempi (comparative forms in Finnish).