viidessä

Viidessä is the inessive singular form of the Finnish numeral viisi (five). It is used to express “in the fifth” or “in five” in contexts where the inessive case is required after a noun, or to indicate a time frame in phrases such as within a certain period. In Finnish, numerals behave like adjectives and decline with the noun they modify, with -ssä marking the inessive.

Common uses include locating something inside a space or container, as well as indicating a time span. For example: Ovi on viidessä kerroksessa means “The door is on the fifth floor.” Viidessä vuodessa means “within five years.” The exact sense depends on the accompanying noun and the overall sentence structure.

Grammatical notes: viidessä follows the general pattern of Finnish numerals that take case endings similarly to nouns. Other numbers in the inessive form follow the same declensional rules (for instance, kolmessä for three, kymmenessä for ten). When used with a noun, viidessä helps specify location or time in a concise, idiomatic way rather than as a standalone numeral.

Related topics include Finnish number inflection and case usage, the inessive case, and how numerals interact with nouns in Finnish grammar.