finnast

Icelandic

Etymology

From finna (“to find”) +‎ -st.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪnːast/

Verb

finnast

  1. to feel, to find, to think
    Finnst þér fótbolti skemmtilegur?
    Do you find football fun?

Conjugation

finnast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að
supine sagnbót fundist
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 finnandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég finnst fannst finnist fyndist
þú finnst fannst finnist fyndist
hann, hún, það finnst fannst finnist fyndist
plural við finnumst fundumst finnumst fyndumst
þið finnist fundust finnist fyndust
þeir, þær, þau finnast fundust finnist fyndust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú finnst (þú), finnstu
plural þið finnist (þið), finnisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “finnast”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • “finnast” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse finnast.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²fɪnːɑst/

Verb

finnast (present tense finst, past tense fanst, past participle funnest)

  1. exist, be
    Det finst mange ulike språk i verda.
    There are many different languages in the world.
  2. be found
  3. be at all
    Det finst ikkje fint.
    It is not pretty at all.

References

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