keskellä

Finnish

Etymology

Adessive singular of keski-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkeskelːæ/, [ˈke̞s̠ke̞lːæ]
  • Rhymes: -eskelːæ
  • Syllabification(key): kes‧kel‧lä

Adverb

keskellä (comparative keskemmällä, superlative keskimmällä)

  1. in the middle

Inflection
Declension of keski-
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative keski- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive (keskeä) –sublative – –
accusative – –lative – –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive keskellä –distributive – –
ablative keskeltä –temp. dist. – –
allative keskelle –prolative keskitse –
essive keskenään –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
instructive kesken –
abessive – –
comitative – –

Postposition

keskellä (+ genitive)

  1. in the middle of, in the centre/center of
    Torin keskellä on tsaarin patsas.
    In the middle of the square stands a statue of the tsar.
  2. amid, amongst/among
  3. between

Synonyms

Preposition

keskellä (+ partitive)

  1. in the middle of, in the center of
    Asumme keskellä kaupunkia.
    We are living in the center of the city.
    Mitä sinä teet täällä keskellä yötä?
    What are you doing here in the middle of the night?
    Keskellä toria on tsaarin patsas.
    In the middle of the square stands a statue of the tsar.
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