Minna

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Danish [edit]

Proper noun [edit]

Minna

  1. A female given name of German origin.

Estonian [edit]

Proper noun [edit]

Minna

  1. A female given name of German origin.

Finnish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Borrowed from German Minna in the nineteenth century.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ˈminːɑ]
  • Hyphenation: Min‧na

Proper noun [edit]

Minna

  1. A female given name.

Declension [edit]

Declension of Minna (type kala)
singular plural
nominative Minna Minnat
genitive Minnan Minnojen
Minnain1
partitive Minnaa Minnoja
accusative Minna
Minnan		 Minnat
inessive Minnassa Minnoissa
elative Minnasta Minnoista
illative Minnaan Minnoihin
adessive Minnalla Minnoilla
ablative Minnalta Minnoilta
allative Minnalle Minnoille
essive Minnana Minnoina
translative Minnaksi Minnoiksi
instructive – Minnoin
abessive Minnatta Minnoitta
comitative – Minnoineen
1) Rare.   

Usage notes [edit]

Very popular in Finland the 1960s and 1970s.

Anagrams [edit]

German [edit]

Proper noun [edit]

Minna

  1. A female given name, a pet form of Wilhelmina made well known by the comedy Minna von Barnhelm (1767) by G. E. Lessing.
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