viimeiselle

Viimeiselle is a Finnish grammatical form: the allative singular of the adjective viimeinen, meaning last or final. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify, so viimeinen changes to viimeiselle when used to indicate direction toward the last item or position.

The primary use of viimeiselle is to mark movement toward or allocation to the last item in a sequence. It is typically accompanied by a noun in the appropriate case, for example: listan viimeiselle riville meaning “to the last line of the list,” or viimeiselle kierrokselle meaning “to the final lap.” The plural form is viimeisille and is used with plural nouns, as in viimeisille paikoille meaning “to the last places.”

Grammatically, viimeiselle is not a stand-alone noun but an inflected adjective form that agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. Its appearance signals a relationship to the last element rather than a standalone concept of “the last.”

Related forms include viimeinen (nominative singular), viimeisen (genitive), and other case-inflected forms such as viimeisellä (inessive) or viimeisiltä (lative/plural forms for different cases). The word is common in everyday Finnish when describing sequences, orders, or destinations associated with the final item.