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leipä

bread

🗣 lei-pä

📝 Finnish rye bread (ruisleipä) is a national staple.

Word Forms & Endings

Form	Meaning	Grammar
leipä	bread (base form)	—
leipää	bread (some bread)	partitive
leivän	of the bread	genitive
leivässä	in the bread	inessive

Example Phrases

Hän syö leipää ja juustoa.

He/she eats bread and cheese.

Minä syön leipää aamuisin.

I eat bread in the mornings.