yleisemmän

Yleisemmän is a Finnish linguistic term that refers to the comparative form of the adjective yleinen, meaning "general, common, or universal." As a comparative, yleisemmän literally means "more general" or "more universal." It is used in contexts where one is comparing the generality or prevalence of two or more phenomena, ideas, or objects. The term follows typical Finnish adjective inflection patterns: the comparative ending -mmin attaches to the stem, and the negative suffix -en or location-based forms can follow according to grammatical rules.

In practice, yleisemmän appears in comparative clauses such as “Tämä teoria on yleisemmän kuin se” (This theory is more general than that). Its usage is governed by standard grammatical conventions for comparatives: the comparative adjective must be accompanied by appropriate particles like enemmän or that or the comparative marker enemmän in Finnish, akin to the English "than." It also conforms to the syntactic requirement that the noun modified by the adjective accompanies it in case, number, and definiteness.

The term is part of a broader set of comparative adjectives in Finnish that express degrees of intensity, quantity, and quality. It is related to related forms such as yleisimmän, the superlative of yleinen, meaning “most general.” Generally, yleisemmän is a strictly grammatical descriptor rather than a lexical item with independent meaning. It appears in dictionaries, language textbooks, and linguistic analyses that cover adjective comparison in the Finnish language.