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.

2. in the middle of:

   Pappi pyörtyi kesken puheen.

   The priest fainted in the middle of the speech.

3. between, among:

   meidän kesken, heidän kesken...

   between us, among them...

Inflection

Declension of kesken noun case singular plural adverbial 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

• (keskustella) kahden kesken = (to discuss) in private, confidentially