ulkomaailmaa

Ulkomaailmaa is a Finnish term meaning the external or outside world, often used to refer to everything beyond a given inner circle, such as home, a community, or a country. The word is formed from ulko- meaning outside and maailma meaning world, and its standard form in the sentence often appears as ulkomaailmaa in the partitive case.

Grammatically ulkomaailmaa is the partitive form of the noun ulkomaailma. It is used when the outside world is the indefinite object or the focus of discussion, such as in statements about phenomena related to the outside world or when describing actions directed at it. For example, one might say that tutkimus ulkomaailmaa koskevista ilmiöistä examines issues concerning the outside world, or että ulkomaailmaa koskevat uutiset are news items about events beyond domestic borders.

Context and usage. The term is common in philosophy, sociology, journalism, and literature, where it helps distinguish the “outside world” from the internal or local sphere. It can evoke international or cross-cultural perspectives, globalization, border dynamics, and encounters with foreign cultures or ideas. In everyday language, ulkomaailmaa can refer to news, events, or realities outside one’s immediate environment.

See also. Related concepts include ulkopuolinen maailma (the external world) and ulkomainen (foreign). The English equivalents are “the outside world” or “the external world.” Ulkomaailmaa is a neutral, descriptive term frequently employed to frame discussions about global, cultural, or environmental contexts beyond a defined interior realm.