kriisien

Kriisien is Finnish for the genitive plural form of kriisi, meaning crises. It is a grammatical form used to express “of crises” or “crises’” and does not constitute a separate concept on its own. The base noun kriisi denotes a time of intense difficulty or danger that requires decisive action, such as political, economic, or social upheaval.

In Finnish, kriisi has a standard set of inflections. The genitive plural is kriisien, used in phrases like kriisien hallinta (crisis management), kriisien vaikutukset (the effects of crises), or kriisien ehkäisy (prevention of crises). The form also appears in possessive and descriptive constructions referring to multiple crises.

Etymologically, kriisi is a loanword that entered Finnish from other European languages, with likely influence from Swedish or broader international forms related to the word crisis. The adoption of the term became common over the 19th and 20th centuries as discussions of political, economic, and social upheavals grew more frequent in public discourse.

The word kriisi and its derivatives, including kriisien, are widely used in news media, government reports, and academic writing to discuss periods of instability, responses to disturbances, and the consequences of competitive or systemic pressures. They appear in both concrete contexts (such as natural disasters or financial downturns) and abstract discourse about risk and contingency planning.

See also: kriisi, kriisinhallinta, kriisit.