korkeassa

Korkeassa is a Finnish grammatical form. It is the inessive singular form of the adjective korkea, meaning that it marks a noun as being “in the high” or “at a high location” when describing something in Finnish.

In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. When the noun is in the inessive case, which can be translated as “in” or “inside” for location, the adjective takes the corresponding inessive ending. Therefore, korkea talo becomes korkeassa talossa, meaning “in the tall/high house.” The construction is used both for concrete locations and for figurative or symbolic meaning, such as korkeassa asemassa meaning “in a high/important position.”

Common contexts for korkeassa include spatial descriptions (in the high building, in the high mountains) and metaphorical references to status or level (in a high position or in a high regard). The form is a standard part of Finnish descriptive grammar and appears in literature, journalism, and everyday speech.

Etymology and related forms: korkeassa derives from the adjective korkea, itself from Proto-Finnic roots meaning “high.” Finnish adjectives decline to match the noun in case; thus other inflected forms exist for korkea (such as nominative korkea, genitive korkeaa, partitive korkeaa) to express different grammatical relations.

See also: Finnish grammar, adjectives, inessive case.