nykypäivässä

Nykypäivässä is a Finnish expression meaning “in the present day” or “in contemporary times.” It is formed from nykyaika, meaning the present era, with the inessive suffix -ssä, giving the sense of being in the present. The phrase functions as an adverbial reference to the current period and is common in journalism, essays, and public discourse when describing modern life, society, technology, economy, or culture.

The usage is context-dependent and often contrasted with periods of the past. In a sentence such as “Nykypäivässä teknologia vaikuttaa arkeen,” the focus is on how technology shapes daily life today. In historical writing, nykypäivässä may be employed with qualifiers to delineate the present from earlier times. The term does not have a fixed political or ideological stance; its evaluative tone—whether emphasizing progress, disruption, or novelty—depends on the author and the surrounding argument.

Nykypäivässä is not a proper noun unless it appears as part of a title or a formal project name. It can appear in various registers, from neutral reporting to opinionated commentary, reflecting what is characteristic or notable about the present moment.

Translations into English include “today,” “in the present day,” or “in contemporary times.” As a linguistic item, it provides a concise way to anchor observations to the current era without enumerating specific dates.