kokoinen

Kokoinen is a Finnish adjective meaning “of a certain size” or “sized,” used to describe the size category of a noun. It is formed from the noun koko, meaning size, with the suffix -inen. The word is common in both everyday and formal language when specifying how large something is in relation to a reference size.

Usage of kokoinen typically involves a noun it modifies, often preceded by a numeral or descriptive phrase that specifies the size. For example, kymmenen hengen kokoinen ryhmä means “a group of ten people,” and miljoonan asukkaan kokoinen kaupunki means “a city with a population of about one million.” The pattern can describe objects as well, as in pienikokoinen laite (a small-sized device) or suurikokoinen auto (a large-sized car). In these compounds, kokoinen often combines with other size-related descriptors to form standard expressions.

Grammatically, kokoinen agrees with the noun it describes in number and case. In the singular, you would have kokoinen kaupunki (a city of that size); in the plural, kokoiset kaupungit (cities of that size). The word also appears in compound adjectives such as pienikokoinen and suurikokoinen, which convey “small-sized” and “large-sized,” respectively.

See also: koko (size), pienikokoinen, suurikokoinen.

Overall, kokoinen functions as a versatile descriptor for scale, enabling precise expressions of size in Finnish without resorting to longer phrases. It is widely used in written and spoken Finnish to communicate relative or absolute size in a concise form.