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jäämistö

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Finnish

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Etymology

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jäämi- (plural stem) +‎ -stö

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjæːmistø/, [ˈjæːmis̠tø̞]
  • Rhymes: -æːmistø
  • Hyphenation(key): jää‧mis‧tö

Noun

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jäämistö

  1. (law) estate (assets and liabilities of a deceased person)

Usage notes

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  • jäämistö refers to the property and debts of a deceased person in a concrete sense, whereas kuolinpesä is a legal term for the whole of estate; the heirs are said to be shareholders of kuolinpesä.

Declension

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Possessive forms of jäämistö (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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