pyykkimäärään

pyykkimäärään is the illative case form of the Finnish noun pyykkimäärä, which denotes the amount or load of laundry. The compound pyykkimäärä combines pyykki (laundry or clothes) and määrä (amount). In standard Finnish, pyykkimäärä is the base noun; its inflected forms include pyykkimäärän (genitive), pyykkimäärää (partitive), and pyykkimäärään (illative). The illative form is used when the meaning is “into the laundry load” or “to the load of laundry.”

Usage and context: The term is primarily used in technical or formal contexts, such as appliance specifications, service descriptions, or textile-care guidance, rather than in everyday casual speech. It refers to the size or capacity of a laundry load. In practice, the load is usually expressed in kilograms (kg) on washing machines and in load limits for industrial laundries. The concept helps determine appropriate washing settings and detergent amounts, and it can also appear in manuals or product descriptions that discuss machine capacity and care guidelines.

Relation to everyday language: In colloquial Finnish, people more commonly refer to the notion of a laundry load through phrases like “pestävä pyykkimäärä” or simply discuss how many clothes to wash, rather than using the fixed term pyykkimäärä. Nevertheless, pyykkimäärä and its inflected forms appear in technical writing, quality standards, and consumer information where precise discussion of load size is required.

See also: Laundry, Washing machine capacity, Domestic textile care.