tuhansissa

Tuhansissa is a Finnish grammatical form of the noun tuhat, meaning “thousand.” It is the inessive plural form, used to say “in thousands” or “in a large number” and appears in contexts describing large-scale quantities or distributions.

The form is part of Finnish noun declension for numerals. Inessive expresses location or state regarding a plural noun phrase, and tuhansissa specifically conveys a sense of many thousands. It is typically used in writing about statistics, demographics, or general descriptions of large quantities. As a numerical expression, tuhansissa is combined with a following noun that is often in partitive when describing quantities (for example, tuhansissa tapauksissa).

Common usage and nuances: tuhansissa emphasizes breadth or scale rather than a precise count. It is a neutral, informative construction found in reports, articles, and formal prose. Like other Finnish case forms, tuhansissa exists alongside other cases (e.g., tuhannen, tuhansien) to fit different grammatical functions in a sentence.

Example: Tilasto osoittaa, että tuhansissa tapauksissa tutkimus löysi saman tuloksen. This sentence illustrates using tuhansissa to indicate a large number of cases.

See also: tuhato, other numeral declensions in Finnish, inessive case forms.