käsitteestä

Käsitteestä is the elative singular form of the Finnish noun käsite, which means concept or notion. In Finnish, the elative case expresses origin, source, or, more commonly in scholarly and everyday language, the topic or matter under discussion. Therefore käsitteestä is used when the concept is the topic of discourse, for example after verbs that govern the elative such as keskustella, puhua, kirjoittaa, viitata, and tutkia.

Examples:

- Keskustelu käsitteestä oli vilkas. (The discussion about the concept was lively.)

- Kirjoitan artikkelin käsitteestä. (I am writing an article about the concept.)

- Tutkimus käsitteestä osoitti uusia näkökulmia. (The study about the concept showed new perspectives.)

In practice, käsitteestä is translated as “about the concept” or “of the concept,” and its precise meaning depends on the verb and context. The noun käsite is a core term in philosophy, linguistics, and cognitive science, and it is often discussed alongside related terms such as ajatus (idea), määritelmä (definition), and notio (notion) in more formal texts.

Notes:

- The form is a grammatical inflection, not a separate lexical item, and its usage reflects typical Finnish case signaling for topics and references.

- While primarily a neutral term, käsitteestä appears frequently in academic writing, essays, and discussions of theory and analysis.