metreä

Metreä is a nonstandard inflected form that may appear in some Finnish texts, but it is not part of the official standard inflection of the noun metri, the unit of length in the metric system. In modern Finnish, the nominative singular is metri, and the common partitive singular is metriä. Metreä is generally regarded as nonstandard and is rarely used in formal writing.

Etymology and linguistic notes: Metreä is formed from the Finnish root metri (the word for meter) with the usual partitive suffix -ä. This construction mirrors other Finnish noun inflections, but for the unit metre the normative partitive is metriä, not metreä. The form metreä may occur as a regional variant, a typographical error, or in historical texts, but it is not prescriptive in contemporary usage.

Usage and status: In standard Finnish dictionaries and grammar guides, metreä is not listed as a correct inflection for metri. Readers encountering metreä should consider it a potential mistake or an archaic/experimental spelling rather than an accepted variant. For precise measurement language, metriä should be used when referring to an unspecified amount of meters in the partitive, and metri in the nominative.

See also: metri, metre (unit), Finnish grammar, Finnish orthography.

Note: If metreä refers to a different concept, such as a proper noun, brand, or place name, additional context would be needed to provide an accurate article.