samannimiseen

Samanniminen is a Finnish adjective meaning “having the same name” or “same-named.” It is formed from sama (same) + nimi (name) + -nen, and it agrees with the noun it modifies. The illative form samannimiseen is the illative singular, used when the noun phrase is in the illative case, as in samannimiseen henkilöön meaning “to a person with the same name.”

Usage in Finnish centers on describing entities that share an identical name with another entity. It can modify people, organizations, places, or objects. In plural the forms are samannimiset (nominative) or samannimisiin samannimisiin?—the key is that the adjective agrees with the noun in number and case, for example samannimiset henkilöt (the same-named individuals), samannimiset yritykset (the same-named companies).

Examples:

Hänellä on samanniminen kollega.

Hän otti yhteyttä samannimiseen henkilöön.

Tietokanta listaa useita samannimisiä yrityksiä.

Notes:

The term is primarily used in Finnish linguistic, descriptive, or comparative contexts to distinguish between entities that share a name. In English, it is typically rendered as “same-named” or expressed descriptively as “having the same name.” It is a straightforward compound formed from sama, nimi, and the adjective suffix -nen, with standard Finnish case endings applied to the full noun phrase.