mielestä

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.
  • olla jotakin mieltä

Anagrams
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