hyvänen
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhyʋænen/, [ˈhyʋæne̞n]
- Rhymes: -yʋænen
- Syllabification(key): hy‧vä‧nen
- Hyphenation(key): hy‧vä‧nen
Adjective
hyvänen
- good; used only as fortifier in the exclamation hyvänen aika (“good heavens”)
Declension
Due to the limited usage, this word is not inflected in practice.
Further reading
- “hyvänen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023