lukumäärissä

Lukumäärissä is the inessive plural form of the Finnish noun lukumäärä and means “in numbers” or “in terms of quantities.” The word is used when a text refers to actual counts or tallies rather than percentages or qualitative descriptions. It often appears in statistical, demographic, or data-focused writing.

Usage and meaning

Lukumäärissä signals a discussion of raw counts within a dataset, a population, or a group of items. It can be contrasted with expressions that emphasize proportions, shares, or averages. The form is appropriate when the focus is on how many individuals or items exist, rather than on their relative or qualitative attributes. Typical contexts include reports, research summaries, and journalistic statistics.

Forms and related terms

The base form lukumäärä denotes a numerical quantity or count. Its other cases include lukumäärän (genitive), lukumäärää (partitive), and lukumäärässä (in the singular inessive). In plural, lukumäärissä conveys “in the numbers” (plural inessive). Related concepts include luku (number) and määrä (quantity). In analyses, lukumäärillä and lukumäärinä are used to express by numbers or as numbers becoming something, respectively.

Examples

- Tilastot osoittavat, että lukumäärissä on kasvu viime vuosina. (Statistics show an increase in the numbers in recent years.)

- Eri ryhmien lukumäärissä ei ole ollut suuria eroja. (There have not been large differences in the numbers across groups.)

Etymology

Lukumäärä combines luku (number) and määrä (quantity/amount). The term is commonly employed in Finnish statistical and descriptive writing to specify numerical counts.