tärkeimmät

Tärkeimmät is a Finnish superlative adjective meaning "the most important" when used with plural nouns. It is the plural form of the adjective tärkein, which itself is the superlative form of tärkeä, meaning important. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number and case, so tärkeimmät appears with plural nouns in the nominative, inessive, elative, and other cases as required by the sentence.

Grammatical notes: tärkeimmät functions as a determiner that ranks items by importance. It accompanies plural nouns such as kysymykset (questions), asiat (matters), seikat (aspects), or tehtävät (tasks). In different cases, the form changes to match the noun: tärkeimpien kysymysten (genitive plural), tärkeimpiä kysymyksiä (partitive plural), and so on. The singular counterpart is tärkein (the most important one).

Usage and context: tärkeimmät is commonly used in summaries, analyses, planning, journalism, and decision-making to highlight elements that carry the greatest weight or priority. It signals a ranking rather than an absolute property of a single item. For example, "Nämä ovat tärkeimmät kysymykset, joita on ponduttava ratkaista" or more idiomatically, "Nämä ovat tärkeimmät kysymykset." In reporting or notes, it helps to focus attention on the items that matter most.

See also: tärkeä (important), tärkeämpi (more important), tärkein (the most important). The term is neutral and precise, and it is widely used across formal and informal Finnish to indicate priority among multiple elements.