hätään
Hätään is the illative singular form of the Finnish noun hätä, meaning a state of distress, danger, or emergency. In Finnish grammar, the illative case expresses movement into or entering a state or place, so hätään can be understood as “into trouble” or “into a state of need.”
Usage and meaning. Hätään is used in constructions that describe entering or falling into a troublesome or
Related forms and terms. The base noun is hätä. Related terms include hätätila (state of emergency), hätänumero
Usage notes. Hätä and its illative hätään are common in written Finnish, especially in formal or descriptive