ykkösolut

ykkös- (“number one”) +‎ olut (“beer”). Taxation of beer in Finland is based on alcoholic content. Until 1994, the taxation was based on excise tax brackets. The lowest bracket was marked with Roman numeral "I" on the label. The Roman numerals remained on the labels many years after the tax brackets ceased to exist legally.

• IPA^(key): /ˈykːøsˌolut/,
• Rhymes: -olut
• Hyphenation^(key): ykkös‧olut

ykkösolut

1. small beer (beer with low alcoholic content; in Finland, a beer with less than 2,8 % alcohol)

• In Finland, a beer with less than 0.5 % alcohol is called alkoholiton olut (“non-alcoholic beer”).

• pilsneri
• pilsu
• rapakalja
• ykkönen

• “ykkösolut”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04