lauluja

Lauluja is the Finnish plural form of laulu, meaning songs. It is used in several grammatical contexts, most commonly as the partitive plural. In practice, lauluja expresses an indefinite amount of songs or functions as the direct object of a sentence, especially when combined with numerals or words like useita or muutamia. For example: Hän esitti useita lauluja (He performed several songs). The word is frequently found in everyday speech, literature, journalism, and musical contexts.

In Finnish, the noun laulu belongs to the core vocabulary of music and culture. The plural lauluja appears in discussions of repertoire, singing, and collections of songs. It is also common in titles and descriptions of performances, albums, and songbooks. Related terms include lauluntekijä (songwriter), laulaja (singer), and laulukirja or lauluvihko (songbook), which illustrate how laulu-related words form a broader category around singing and song collection.

Etymologically, laulu is a Finnic word with cognates in neighboring Finnic languages, such as Estonian laul, both sharing the meaning “song.” The term lauluja thus reflects standard Finnish grammar and morphology, illustrating how the language marks plurality and object roles in a musical context.

Overall, lauluja is a common, neutral way to refer to multiple songs within Finnish sentences, lyrics compilations, and musical discourse.