ryhmäkseen
Ryhmäkseen is a Finnish noun form derived from ryhmä (group). It functions as the illative case, indicating movement toward or into something, roughly translating to “into a group” in English. In contemporary standard Finnish, the more common illative form of ryhmä is ryhmään; ryhmäkseen is considerably rarer and is often described as archaic, literary, or dialectal.
Morphology and usage context: The form ryhmäkseen is built from the noun ryhmä plus a less common
Meaning and function: The primary meaning is “into a group” or “into the group,” conveying a transition
- Hän liittyi ryhmäkseen. (He joined the group.)
- In everyday language, most speakers would say Hän liittyi ryhmään, with ryhmäkseen reserved for stylistic or