poikkeuksellisten

Poikkeuksellisten is the genitive plural form of the Finnish adjective poikkeuksellinen, meaning exceptional or extraordinary. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they describe, including number and case. When the noun is plural and in the genitive case, the adjective takes the ending -isten, yielding poikkeuksellisten. For example, poikkeuksellisten tapahtumien means “of exceptional events,” and poikkeuksellisten olosuhteiden vuoksi means “due to exceptional circumstances.”

The nominative plural of poikkeuksellinen is poikkeukselliset, while the genitive singular is poikkeuksellisen. This illustrates how Finnish adjectives change form across cases and numbers, and how poikkeuksellisten fits into that system as a genitive plural form.

Etymologically, poikkeuksellinen comes from poikkeus, meaning “exception,” with the suffix -ellinen, which creates adjectives describing a property. The form poikkeuksellisten functions strictly as a grammatical form within noun phrases and is not a standalone noun. It is most commonly found in formal, written Finnish, such as journalism, academic writing, and policy discussions, where the aim is to emphasize unusual or extraordinary characteristics or conditions.

Usage tips: use poikkeuksellisten when you need to express “of exceptional [things]” about multiple items and you are in a genitive construction. Common collocations include poikkeuksellisten tapahtumien vuoksi and poikkeuksellisten olosuhteiden perusteella, illustrating the typical contexts in which the form appears.