vaarallisena

Vaarallisena is a Finnish word that functions as the essive form of the adjective vaarallinen, meaning dangerous. It expresses a temporary state or role, roughly transliterated as “as dangerous” or “in a dangerous condition,” and is used in predicative clauses as well as in phrases that describe how something is perceived or treated.

In everyday Finnish, vaarallisena can describe people, places, or situations when they are framed as dangerous. Examples include: Hänet pidetään vaarallisena (He is considered dangerous); Tilanne nähtiin vaarallisena (The situation was seen as dangerous). The form is part of Finnish grammar’s essive case, which marks a state or identity during a moment of reference, and differs from other cases such as the translative or nominative used for different meanings.

Usage notes: The essive is common in safety warnings, journalistic descriptions, and descriptive prose to convey assessment without asserting a permanent attribute. It is not used to denote an enduring characteristic; for that nuance, other adjectives or constructions would be used. The word is inflected like other adjectives with the -na/-nä suffix in the singular.

See also: vaarallinen, Finnish grammar, Essive case, Finnish language.