sekunteissa

Sekunteissa is a Finnish-language term that translates to “in seconds.” It is an inflected form of the noun sekunti, which denotes a unit of time equal to one sixtieth of a minute. The phrase is used when durations or measurements are described in seconds, particularly in contexts such as sports timing, scientific experimentation, and everyday language about short time periods.

In Finnish, sekunti can take various inflectional forms depending on case and number. The form sekunteissa is commonly encountered as the plural inessive expression meaning “in seconds.” Language users may also see variant spellings or related forms in different dialects or informal writing, but sekunneissa is widely regarded as the standard plural inessive form in contemporary Finnish.

Usage notes:

- Sekunteissa is typically used when discussing multiple seconds or a duration expressed in seconds.

- The expression often appears in performance rankings, timing records, and procedural instructions where precise time measurements are important.

- Because Finnish morphology is productive, similar constructions can be formed with other time units (e.g., minuutteissa for “in minutes”).

See also: sekunti, time measurement, Finnish grammar, inessive case.