keskenään

From keskenä (originally the essive singular of keski-) and the possessive suffix -nsä/-mme/-nne.

• Hyphenation: kes‧ke‧nään
• IPA^(key): /ˈkeskenæːn/

keskenään

1. between each other, among each other, with each other:

   Jaoimme kakun keskenämme.

   We divided the cake between ourselves.

   Vaihdoitteko kakut keskenänne?

   Did you trade the cakes with each other / interchange the cakes?

   He vaihtoivat autoja keskenänsä. (or keskenään, see the usage notes of -nsä)

   They exchanged/interchanged cars.

• The word stem has also other forms used as adverbs or adverbials; see inflection table at keski-.
• In a jocular or sarcastic sense, also the singular forms can be used:

• Voit pelata tuota peliä keskenäsi.
  • You can play that game with yourself.