tuulen

Tuulen is the genitive form of the Finnish noun tuuli, meaning wind. It is used to express possession or association with wind, and appears in phrases such as tuulen voima (the power of the wind) or tuulen ääni (the sound of the wind). In everyday language, the form occurs mainly in fixed expressions or literary contexts rather than as a standalone lexical item.

Grammatically, tuuli has several forms: nominative tuuli, plural tuulet (winds), genitive singular tuulen, and genitive plural tuulten. The genitive singular tuulen is common in written Finnish and in texts that personify or attribute actions to the wind. The distinction between tuulen and tuulten mirrors the general Finnish pattern of marking possession for singular and plural nouns.

Etymology and usage notes: tuuli is of Finno-Ugric origin and has cognates in related languages. The genitive suffix -en is a standard way to indicate possession for certain stem-final -l nouns in Finnish. The combination tuulen thus literally means “of the wind.” This form is especially frequent in poetic or descriptive writing, where wind is given agency or character.

In culture, tuulen often appears as a symbol of change, weather, and seasonal cycles. It is used to convey atmosphere and mood in Finnish poetry and prose. While important for grammatical purposes, tuulen functions mainly as a grammatical inflection rather than a distinct lexical item outside specialized or literary contexts.

See also: tuuli, wind; Finnish grammar; Finnish poetry.