märistä

Määristä is the elative plural form of Finnish noun määrä, meaning quantities or amounts. The elative case is used to express origin, source, or context, and in this case it indicates “from the quantities” or “depending on the quantities.” The base word is määrä; common related forms include määrä (singular nominative), määrän (genitive), määrää (partitive), määristä (elative), and määriin (illative). In practice, määristä is most often found in statistical, scientific, or budgeting contexts where quantities or amounts form the basis of discussion.

In usage, määristä typically signals reference to several quantities as the source or condition of a statement. A frequent expression is määristä riippuen, meaning “depending on the quantities.” Another common formulation is määrien mukaan, meaning “according to the quantities.” These constructions appear in research reports, data analyses, and planning documents when conclusions or decisions vary with the measured values or assumed amounts.

Examples of context:

- Tulokset voivat vaihdella määristä riippuen.

- Suunnitelmia laadittaessa on otettava huomioon vaikutukset, jotka riippuvat määristä.

Overview:

As the elative plural of määrä, määristä is a grammatical tool for discussing multiple quantities in Finnish. Its usage is most common in formal writing related to data, statistics, budgeting, and study design, where clarifying dependence on quantities helps convey uncertainty or conditional results.