vierekkäisiin

Vierekkäisiin is a Finnish adjective form meaning neighboring or adjacent, used in the illative plural. It is the illative plural form of the adjective vierekkäinen, which describes things that are side by side or in close proximity. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, and the illative plural ending attached to the adjective is -iin. Consequently, vierekkäisiin is used with plural nouns in illative case, such as taloihin or rakennuksiin.

Usage and examples

Vierekkäisiin appears in sentences describing movement toward or entry into neighboring items. Examples include:

- He muuttivat vierekkäisiin taloihin. (They moved into neighboring houses.)

- Polku johti vierekkäisiin rakennuksiin. (The path led to neighboring buildings.)

- Vierekkäisiin huoneisiin kuuluu suuria ikkunoita. (The neighboring rooms have large windows.)

Morphology and scope

As a participial adjective form, vierekkäisiin combines the base meaning of “neighboring” with the illative plural suffix, signaling direction toward multiple neighboring objects. It is commonly found in contexts involving architecture, urban planning, geography, or descriptive prose where spatial relations are relevant. The form is productive in modern Finnish and can describe various plural nouns in illative case.

See also

vierekkäinen (the base adjective meaning neighboring or adjacent) and Finnish adjective declension patterns for illative forms.