identiteeteissä

Identiteeteissä is the inessive plural form of identiteetti, the Finnish word for identity. The form is used to refer to “in identities” or “within identities,” for example when discussing how individuals hold, display, or negotiate multiple identities in social, cultural, or personal contexts. The word illustrates Finnish case and number systems: identiteetti has a plural nominative form identiteetit, and the inessive plural is identiteeteissä in standard Finnish.

In academic and descriptive writing, identiteeteissä appears in analyses of identity construction, representation, and interaction. It can be found in sociology, anthropology, gender studies, linguistics, and cultural studies, where researchers discuss how identities are formed over time, intersect (race, gender, class, sexuality), and expressed in everyday practice. The phrase may occur in sentences like: “Identiteeteissä esiintyvät usein useat roolit ja identiteetin rakentumisen prosessit,” which translates to “In identities, multiple roles and the processes of identity construction often appear.” The term is primarily used in written Finnish; in spoken language, speakers may use alternatives such as “monissa identiteeteissä” or “identiteettien sisällä,” depending on the focus.

Note: in mathematics or computer science the word identiteetti exists as well, but identiteeteissä is predominantly a linguistically grounded form used in social-science prose to denote location within identities rather than technical mathematical identities.

See also: Finnish grammar, identiteetti, inessive case, plurality.