kaikkeen

Kaikkeen is a Finnish word that functions as an inflected form of the pronoun kaikki, meaning “everything” or “all.” It represents the illative form of niin, used to express movement toward or into the totality of things, or to indicate a broad, all-encompassing scope. In contemporary Finnish, kaikkeeen appears mainly in written language, poetry, and formal discourse rather than in everyday conversation.

Etymology and form: The base lexeme is kaikki, the root meaning “all.” The form kaikkeen is created through Finnish inflection rules to convey the illative sense, roughly translating to “into everything” or “to all things.” Because Finnish illative forms can be irregular with certain stems, kaikeen is treated as the specific illative form of kaikki that has developed in standard Finnish.

Usage and register: Kaikkeen is most commonly encountered in literary, philosophical, or religious contexts where speakers seek to express totality, universality, or the idea of reaching into the whole of a domain. It is less common in everyday speech, where simpler phrases referring to “all” are preferred. In linguistic references, kaikkeen is cited as an illative form of kaikki and is analyzed within discussions of Finnish case systems and pronoun inflection.

See also: Finnish grammar, illative case, kaikki (pronoun). Notes on usage may vary by text, as with many illative forms that carry strong stylistic or rhetorical connotations.