Finnish

Noun

keskuus

1. The quality of being among a group. It is only used adverbially in singular of inessive (keskuudessa), elative (keskuudesta) and illative (keskuuteen) cases and often with a possessive suffix. It is normally translated into English with a prepositional structure involving among or amongst.

   Keskuudessamme on petturi.

   There's a traitor amongst us.

Declension

Derived terms

• poistua keskuudestamme = to die (euphemism)