älykkäässä

älykkäässä is Finnish for the inessive singular form of the adjective älykäs, meaning intelligent or clever. The form is used to describe a noun that is in a state or location indicated by the inessive case, typically translated as “in the smart/clever [one/thing].” In practice, älykkäässä is most often seen in phrases like älykkäässä kaupungissa, meaning “in the smart city,” or älykkäässä järjestelmässä, meaning “in the intelligent system.”

Grammatically, älykkäässä follows Finnish adjective inflection rules: the base adjective älykäs takes the -ssä in the inessive singular, producing älykkäässä. The double ä is a normal outcome of the vowel harmony and the consonant cluster present in the word. The form only appears when it modifies a noun in the same clause; by itself it does not convey a complete meaning.

Usage and nuance, Finnish uses älykäs broadly to describe intelligence in people, devices, systems, and concepts. In contemporary contexts it is especially common in technology and urban planning terminology, where compounds such as älykäs laite (smart device) and älykäs kaupunki (smart city) are frequent. The word also participates in standard inflection patterns: comparative älykkäämpi, superlative älykkäin, and adverbial form älykkäästi meaning “cleverly.”

Related forms include nominative älykäs, and the related concept of “smart” in Finnish, kaiki indicating intelligence across noun phrases. Overall, älykkäässä functions as a standard inessive form used to describe entities that are characterized by intelligence or sophistication within a given context.