kesken

Finnish

Etymology

From keski-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈke̞ske̞n]
  • Rhymes: -esken
  • Hyphenation: kes‧ken

Adverb

kesken

  1. unfinished
    Kopiointi on vielä kesken.
    The copying is not finished yet.
    Hän jätti kirjan kesken. (lit. He left the book unfinished)
    He didn't finish the book.
  2. finished too soon
    Keitto loppui kesken, ja osa vieraista jäi nälkäisiksi.
    We ran out of soup, and some guests remained hungry.

Preposition

kesken

  1. in the middle of:
    Pappi pyörtyi kesken puheen.
    The priest fainted in the middle of the speech.

Postposition

kesken

  1. between, among:
    meidän kesken, heidän kesken...
    between us, among them...

Usage notes

Inflection
Declension of kesken
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 – –

Derived terms
Derived terms
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