Finnish

Noun

mielestä

1. Elative singular form of mieli.

   En saa onnettomuutta mielestäni.

   I cannot get the accident out of my mind.

Postposition

mielestä

1. jonkun mielestä + appropriate possessive suffix = in one's opinion

   (minun) mielestäni... = in my opinion...

   Lassen mielestä... = in Lasse's opinion...

Usage notes

• If the head word is a personal pronoun, mielestä takes a possessive suffix. The personal pronoun may be omitted in 1st and 2nd person, in which case the person is only indicated by the possessive suffix.

Related terms

• olla jotakin mieltä

Anagrams

• esitelmä, liemestä, seimeltä