kenttään

Kenttään is the illative singular form of the Finnish noun kenttä, meaning into the field, into the area, or into the playing surface, depending on context. It is used to express movement toward a space or domain and appears with verbs of entering or heading toward something. For example, hän meni kenttään can be translated as “he went into the field.”

Usage and grammar: In Finnish, the illative case marks direction toward a place or space. Kenttään is thus used after verbs that imply movement into a location, especially when the space is a physical area (such as a field or playing field) or a figurative domain.

Main senses of kenttä:

- Physical field or playing surface: a field used for agriculture or sports, sometimes extended to a general area.

- Domain or field of activity: a sphere of study, work, or expertise (for example, tutkimuksen kenttä, the field of research).

- Data field in information technology: a field or column in forms, databases, or data structures.

Etymology and related forms: Kenttä originates from Swedishfält (“field”) and is cognate with English field and German Feld. In Finnish, the word also serves as the general term for a field in various contexts, including sports, geography, science, and computing. Other morphological forms include kentän (genitive), kenttää (partitive), and kenttää (accusative), with kenttään being the illative form discussed here.