eteen

Finnish

Etymology

Illative singular of esi-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeteːn/, [ˈe̞t̪e̞ːn]
• Rhymes: -eteːn
• Syllabification^(key): e‧teen

Postposition

eteen (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)

1. (motion) (to) in front of, to the front of

   Antonym: taakse

   Mene talon eteen!

   Go in front of the house!

   Katso eteesi!

   Watch where you're going!

   (literally, “Look ahead of you!”)

2. for (the good, benefit or sake of)

   Synonym: eduksi

   Tekisitpä joskus jotain yhteiskunnan eteen!

   I wish you would do something for the society once!

Adverb

eteen

1. forward, forwards
2. into the way of

   Synonym: tielle

   Älä tule eteeni!

   Don't get in my way!

3. (figurative) across, in the way of

   Synonym: vastaan

   Nyt tuli ongelma eteen.

   We came across a problem.

Usage notes

Can be used postpositionally (+ genitive) and/or with a possessive suffix (when the complement is a personal pronoun).

Inflection

Declension of esi- (type 27*F/käsi) noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative esi- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative (edes) – inessive edessä – temporal – – elative edestä – causative – – illative eteen esiin multiplicative – – adessive edellä esillä distributive – – ablative edeltä esiltä temp. dist. – – allative edelle esille prolative editse – essive – – situative – – translative – – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive etenkin etenkään – comitative – –

Personal/possessive forms of eteen
no possessor	eteen
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	eteeni	eteemme
2nd person	eteesi	eteenne
3rd person	eteensä

Derived terms

• eteenpäin

 

compounds

• eteentaivutus

 

Related terms

See the inflection table above and the derived terms under esi-.

Further reading

• “eteen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• etene