laskemattomia

Laskemattomia is a Finnish adjective meaning “countless” or “innumerable.” It describes quantities or things that are too many to count. In everyday language it conveys a sense of vastness, as in laskemattomia mahdollisuuksia (countless possibilities) or laskemattomia tähtiä taivaalla (countless stars in the sky). The form laskemattomia is the partitive plural used when the noun it modifies is in the partitive case, for example laskemattomia asioita.

Grammar and forms are straightforward in Finnish. The base form is laskematon (singular nominative). The plural nominative is laskemattomat, and the partitive plural is laskemattomia. The adverbial form laskemattomasti exists and means “in an innumerable way.”

In mathematics and more technical contexts, laskematon is used to denote uncountable. It corresponds to the English term “uncountable” or “uncountably many.” For example, real numbers form a laskematon joukko (an uncountable set) in Finnish mathematical writing. The term reflects a strict distinction from laskettava or laskettavissa, which describe countable quantities.

Usage notes: laskemattomia is common in literary, journalistic, and academic prose when emphasizing large, indefinite numbers. It is less typical in casual speech than phrases like “paljon” or “äärimmäisen suuri määrä,” but it remains a standard, natural way to express vast or indefinite quantity.

See also: mathematical uncountability, countable versus uncountable, Finnish grammar of adjectives and cases, infinite concepts in Finnish.