sitten.
then (soon afterward; next in order of place)
Meaning & usage
then (soon afterward; next in order of place)
Ensin syödään, sitten jutellaan.
Maksa sitten verelläsi!
when, (when)ever (with the conjunction kun)
Sitten, kun jään eläkkeelle...
Lähdemme sitten, kun olet valmis.
then, in that case
No sitten ei ole mitään hätää.
Used for emphasis, often without any additional meaning.
...tai sitten ei
Puhutaan siitä sitten ensi kerralla.
Used for emphasis, often without any additional meaning. used to emphasize or intensify questions
entä sitten?
mitä sitten?
Used for emphasis, often without any additional meaning. acts as an emphatic modifier for tahansa ... (-kin) expressions used to mean "whatever", "whoever"...
Kenelle tahansa sen sitten annatkin, älä anna sitä minulle.
Where this word comes from
Likely a confluence of two dialectal forms, siittä and siiten, of roughly equivalent meaning; the former is si(i)- + -ttä (with the same suffix as in että and jotta), and the latter si(i)- + -ten (compare siten). Not related to Swedish sedan or Old English siþþan, although it is not impossible that the phonologically similar Swedish word has influenced the use of Finnish sitten through the literary language.
since
Emme ole tavanneet sitten viime vuoden.
Where this word comes from
Likely a confluence of two dialectal forms, siittä and siiten, of roughly equivalent meaning; the former is si(i)- + -ttä (with the same suffix as in että and jotta), and the latter si(i)- + -ten (compare siten). Not related to Swedish sedan or Old English siþþan, although it is not impossible that the phonologically similar Swedish word has influenced the use of Finnish sitten through the literary language.
ago
tunti sitten
kolme vuotta sitten
Where this word comes from
Likely a confluence of two dialectal forms, siittä and siiten, of roughly equivalent meaning; the former is si(i)- + -ttä (with the same suffix as in että and jotta), and the latter si(i)- + -ten (compare siten). Not related to Swedish sedan or Old English siþþan, although it is not impossible that the phonologically similar Swedish word has influenced the use of Finnish sitten through the literary language.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.