takaisin

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɑkɑisin]
• Rhymes: -ɑkɑisin
• Hyphenation: ta‧kai‧sin

Etymology 1

The temporal distributive form of the stem taka-.

Adverb

takaisin

1. Back.

   Mennään takaisin.

   Let's go back.

2. (colloquial, static) Back.

   Olemme takaisin siinä, mistä aloitimme.

   We are back where we started from.

Inflection

Declension of takaisin noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative taka- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive takaa – sublative – – accusative – – lative (taas) – inessive – – temporal taannoin – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – takaisin allative – – prolative taitse – essive takana – situative – – translative taa taakse – oppositive – – instructive – – abessive – – comitative – –

Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• taka
• taka-
• tausta
• taempi
• takimmainen
• taata
• taittaa
• taittua

Etymology 2

• Inflected form of taata.

Verb

takaisin

1. First-person singular conditional present form of taata.

   (Minä) takaisin onnesi, jos voisin.

   I would guarantee your happiness if I could.

Anagrams

• kantaisi