putoamisessa

Putoamisessa is a Finnish grammatical form that denotes “in the act of falling” or “during a fall.” It is the inessive case of the noun putoaminen, which means the act of falling or a fall. The word is formed by the nominalized verb stem putoaminen plus the inessive suffix -ssa (with front-vowel harmony, resulting in -ssa or -ssä as appropriate). The standard written form is putoamisessa.

In usage, putoamisessa refers to a state or event that occurs while something is falling. It is more common in technical, academic, or safety-related texts to describe processes during a fall. In everyday language, speakers typically say putoamisen aikana (during the fall) or simply refer to putoaminen as a noun. The form putoamisessa can appear in phrases such as “putoamisessa havaittava kiihtyvyys” (the acceleration observed in the fall) or “putoamisessa syntyvä voima” (the force generated during the fall).

Related forms include putoaminen (the act of falling), putoamisesta (genitive: of the fall), and various compound expressions such as putoamisvaarat (fall hazards) or putoamisvähennys in specialized contexts. The term fits within Finnish nominalized verb usage and demonstrates how locative cases specify temporal or situational context.

See also: putoaminen, putoamisvaarat, putoamisen aikana.