vilkkaimpia
Vilkkaimpia is a Finnish adjective-form meaning “the most lively” or “the busiest.” It is the plural partitive form of the superlative adjective vilkkaimmat, which itself comes from the adjective vilkas, meaning lively, active, or busy.
In Finnish, adjectives form the comparative with the suffix -mpi (vilkas → vilkkaampi) and the superlative with
Usage and nuance: vilkkaimpia is used to compare groups of things or people and to highlight the
- Nominative plural: Nämä kaupungit ovat vilkkaimmat. (These cities are the busiest.)
- Partitive plural: Monet turistit suuntaavat vilkkaimpia kaupunkeja. (Many tourists head to the liveliest cities.)
- Partitive with people: Hän kuuluu vilkkaimpia opiskelijoita luokassaan. (He/She is among the liveliest students in the
Vilkkaimpia thus functions as a grammatical tool to express the peak level of liveliness among a defined