Adjective: korkea
Declension: 15/korkea
Comparison
| Positive | korkea |
| Comparative | korkeampi |
| Superlative | korkein |
Positive
Singular
| Nominative | korkea |
| Accusative | korkea; korkean |
| Genetive | korkean |
| Partitive | korkeaa; korkeata |
| Inessive | korkeassa |
| Elative | korkeasta |
| Illative | korkeaan |
| Adessive | korkealla |
| Ablative | korkealta |
| Allative | korkealle |
| Essive | korkeana |
| Translative | korkeaksi |
| Abessive | korkeatta |
Plural
| Nominative | korkeat |
| Accusative | korkeat |
| Genetive | korkeiden; korkeitten |
| Partitive | korkeita |
| Inessive | korkeissa |
| Elative | korkeista |
| Illative | korkeisiin; korkeihin |
| Adessive | korkeilla |
| Ablative | korkeilta |
| Allative | korkeille |
| Essive | korkeina |
| Translative | korkeiksi |
| Abessive | korkeitta |
| Instructive | korkein |
| Comitative | korkeine |
Comparative
Singular
| Nominative | korkeampi |
| Accusative | korkeampi; korkeamman |
| Genetive | korkeamman |
| Partitive | korkeampaa |
| Inessive | korkeammassa |
| Elative | korkeammasta |
| Illative | korkeampaan |
| Adessive | korkeammalla |
| Ablative | korkeammalta |
| Allative | korkeammalle |
| Essive | korkeampana |
| Translative | korkeammaksi |
| Abessive | korkeammatta |
Plural
| Nominative | korkeammat |
| Accusative | korkeammat |
| Genetive | korkeampien |
| Partitive | korkeampia |
| Inessive | korkeammissa |
| Elative | korkeammista |
| Illative | korkeampiin |
| Adessive | korkeammilla |
| Ablative | korkeammilta |
| Allative | korkeammille |
| Essive | korkeampina |
| Translative | korkeammiksi |
| Abessive | korkeammitta |
| Instructive | korkeammin |
| Comitative | korkeampine |
Superlative
Singular
| Nominative | korkein |
| Accusative | korkein; korkeimman |
| Genetive | korkeimman |
| Partitive | korkeimpaa |
| Inessive | korkeimmassa |
| Elative | korkeimmasta |
| Illative | korkeimpaan |
| Adessive | korkeimmalla |
| Ablative | korkeimmalta |
| Allative | korkeimmalle |
| Essive | korkeimpana |
| Translative | korkeimmaksi |
| Abessive | korkeimmatta |
Plural
| Nominative | korkeimmat |
| Accusative | korkeimmat |
| Genetive | korkeimpien; korkeinten |
| Partitive | korkeimpia |
| Inessive | korkeimmissa |
| Elative | korkeimmista |
| Illative | korkeimpiin |
| Adessive | korkeimmilla |
| Ablative | korkeimmilta |
| Allative | korkeimmille |
| Essive | korkeimpina |
| Translative | korkeimmiksi |
| Abessive | korkeimmitta |
| Instructive | korkeimmin |
| Comitative | korkeimpine |
Sample Sentences
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pudota korkealta (to fall from high up)
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100 metriä korkealla (100 meters high (at a 100 metre height/altitude))
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Near-synonym: pitkä (“tall”) (of people)
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Tämä tuoli on hyvin korkea. (This chair is very tall.)
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Korkea verenpaine kasvattaa sydäninfarktin riskiä. (High blood pressure increases the risk of heart attacks.)
Adjectives inflected like korkea
soikea,
suklaanruskea,
punaruskea,
platinanvaalea,
vieraskorea,
nuortea,
vastapuikea,
kastanjanruskea,
lauhkea,
ankea,
aukea,
lakea,
lavea,
makea,
murea,
muhea,
nopea,
nurea,
oikea,
urhea, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *korkëda.
Translations