avain (“key”) + asema (“position”)
avainasema
The Finnish term avainasema and English "key position" are not completely overlapping. Where "key position" refers directly to a job position in an organization, it would be better translated as avaintehtävä into Finnish.
Inflection of avainasema (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | avainasema | avainasemat | |
genitive | avainaseman | avainasemien | |
partitive | avainasemaa | avainasemia | |
illative | avainasemaan | avainasemiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | avainasema | avainasemat | |
accusative | nom. | avainasema | avainasemat |
gen. | avainaseman | ||
genitive | avainaseman | avainasemien avainasemain rare | |
partitive | avainasemaa | avainasemia | |
inessive | avainasemassa | avainasemissa | |
elative | avainasemasta | avainasemista | |
illative | avainasemaan | avainasemiin | |
adessive | avainasemalla | avainasemilla | |
ablative | avainasemalta | avainasemilta | |
allative | avainasemalle | avainasemille | |
essive | avainasemana | avainasemina | |
translative | avainasemaksi | avainasemiksi | |
abessive | avainasematta | avainasemitta | |
instructive | — | avainasemin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |