paussiin

Paussiin is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the noun paussi, meaning pause or break. It is the illative case of paussi, used to indicate movement into or entering a state described by paussi. In translation, it corresponds to “into a pause” or “to the pause.”

In practice, paussiin appears in contexts describing transitions during media playback, performances, or narrative discourse where a pause is involved. For example, a broadcast script or a stage direction might use paussiin to mark the moment the action enters a pause. While it is a normal part of Finnish inflection, paussiin is more common in written or technical descriptions than in casual everyday speech, where speakers may simply use paussi or the synonym tauko.

Etymology and usage notes: paussiin comes from paussi, a Finnish loanword adapted from the English word pause. The illative form follows standard Finnish patterns for indicating movement into a state. The term does not denote a distinct concept beyond this grammatical usage; its meaning is determined by context and the surrounding verb or construction.

See also: Finnish grammar, illative case, pause (linguistics), tauko.