Finnland

See also: Finnlånd

Bavarian

Proper noun

Finnland

  1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Alternative forms

Faroese

Etymology

finni +‎ land, from Old Norse Finnland

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪnːlant/

Proper noun

Finnland n

  1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Declension

singular
indefinite
nominative Finnland
accusative Finnland
dative Finnlandi
genitive Finnlands

German

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finne +‎ Land.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪnlant/
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  • Rhymes: -ant

Proper noun

Finnland n (proper noun, genitive Finnlands or (optionally with an article) Finnland)

  1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Derived terms

See also

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfinlant/
  • Rhymes: -inlant
  • Syllabification: Finn‧land

Proper noun

Finnland n

  1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

See also

References

  • Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Finnland”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 55, column 1

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnland. By surface analysis, Finni +‎ land.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪnːlant/

Proper noun

Finnland n (proper noun, genitive singular Finnlands)

  1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Finnland (sg-only neuter)
indefinite singular
nominative Finnland
accusative Finnland
dative Finnlandi
genitive Finnlands

Old Norse

Etymology

From finnar (Sami, Finns) +‎ land.

Proper noun

Finnland n

  1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Finnland (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)
neuter singular
indefinite
nominative Finnland
accusative Finnland
dative Finnlandi
genitive Finnlands

Descendants

  • Faroese: Finnland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Finnland, Finland
  • Swedish: Finland
  • Danish: Finland
    • Norwegian Bokmål: Finland
    • Latin: Finlandia (see there for further descendants)
  • English: Finland (see there for further descendants)
  • German: Finnland

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “Finnland”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive