metsien

Metsien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun metsä, meaning "forests." It expresses possession or association, and is roughly translated as "of forests" or "forests’" in English. The form is used when referring to characteristics or ownership involving more than one forest.

Common uses include compounds such as metsienhoito (forestry management or the care of forests) and metsien suojelu (protection of forests), as well as spatial or relational phrases like metsien keskellä (in the middle of forests).

Formation and grammar: Finnish nouns decline for case and number. The singular genitive of metsä is metsän; the plural nominative is metsät; the plural genitive is metsien. Metsien is a genitive plural form and cannot stand alone as a noun. It is frequent in environmental, forestry, and land-use language.

See also: Metsä; Finnish grammar; Genitive case; Metsienhoito.