vuosimalliin

Vuosimalliin is the illative singular form of the Finnish noun vuosimalli, meaning model year. It belongs to Finnish grammar and is used to indicate direction toward a particular model year in a sentence, typically with verbs that express change, movement, or selection. The base compound vuosimalli combines vuosi (year) and malli (model) and refers to the calendar year with which a vehicle or product is marketed as its model year.

In practice, the model year is usually stated in Finnish as mallivuosi 2024 or vuosimalli 2024, with the year in nominative form. The illative form vuosimalliin appears in prose or descriptive contexts where the action targets a specific model year, for example in constructions like “tuote siirtyi vuosimalliin 2024.” Such usage is primarily grammatical and not common on product labels or catalogs, which favor the simple head noun and a year.

Distinction from related terms is linguistic rather than semantic: vuosimalli refers to the concept of a model year, mallivuosi is an equivalent noun phrase, and vuosimalliin is the inflected form used in certain sentence constructions. For learners, recognizing the illative form helps parse sentences that describe movement toward or adoption of a given model year.

See also: Finnish grammar, Vuosimalli, Mallivuosi.