This is the 154th most frequent Finnish word.
ihmistä
"Ihmistä" is the partitive singular form of "ihminen," meaning "person" or "human being" in English.
Here, 'ihmistä' is in the partitive case singular, indicating an undefined representation of 'a human' as the object of the action.
Näin mielenkiintoisen ihmistä esittävän patsaan.
I saw an interesting statue representing a human.
In this sentence, 'ihmistä' is in the partitive case singular, expressing desire or lack regarding 'a person'.
Kaipaan ihmistä, joka ymmärtää minua.
I long for a person who understands me.
Although not 'ihmistä', here 'ihmisille' ('to humans') demonstrates the plural allative case of 'ihminen', showing noun case variations in a related context.