finna

See also fínna

English

Verb

finna

1. (slang) contraction of "fixing to", used as "going to".

   I'm finna go to the store.

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Faroese

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Etymology 1

Noun

finna f (genitive singular finnu, plural finnur)

1. (chess) pawn
2. small woman

Declension

f1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	finna	finnan	finnur	finnurnar
Accusative	finnu	finnuna	finnur	finnurnar
Dative	finnu	finnuni	finnum	finnunum
Genitive	finnu	finnunnar	finna	finnanna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną.

Verb

finna (third person singular past indicative fann, third person plural past indicative funnu, supine funnið)

1. to find
2. to meet

Conjugation

   Conjugation of finna

finna, v-44
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	finni	finnur	finnur	finna
Past	fann	fanst	fann	funnu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	finn !	—	finnið !
Infinitive	finna
Pres. part.	finnandi
Past part. a34	funnin
Supine	funnið

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɪnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪnːa

  Homophones: Finna

Verb

finna strong verb (third person singular past indicative fann, third person plural past indicative fundu, supine fundið)

1. (with accusative) to find ^syn.
   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,

     kallar á nafna sinn:

     „Ég fann höfuð af hrúti

     hrygg og gæruskinn.“

     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,

     krummi nafni minn.

     “The raven croaks outside,

     calling his namesake:

     ‘I found the head of a ram,

     backbone and sheepskin.’

     Come now and peck with me,

     Raven, my namesake.”

   Ég fann þig!

   I found you!

2. (with accusative) to meet ^syn.
3. (with accusative) to sense, to feel something ^syn.

Derived terms

• engan bilbug á sér finna
• finna sig
• finna allt til foráttu
• finna á sér
• finna að
• finna til (syn.; vera illt)
• finna til með
• finna fyrir
• finna nýjan flöt á málinu, finna nýjan flöt
• finna í fjöru
• finna stað
• finna upp
• finna upp á
• finna út
• finna útvegi
• finnast
• fundinn
• láta engan bilbug á sér finna

Synonyms

• (find ^def.): uppgötva
• (meet ^def.): hitta
• (sense ^def.): skynja

Anagrams

• nafni

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɪnˌa/

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Verb

finna (present finner, preterite fann, supine funnit, imperative finn)

1. to find, to locate, to discover ^syn.

   Var kan man finna en kopp kaffe här i närheten?

   Where can you find a cup of coffee near here?

2. (formal) to have come to the conclusion, or opinion, that..

   Jag finner det mycket märkligt att ingen kan ta på sig ansvaret för det inträffade!

   I consider it quite remarkable that nobody can take responsibility for what has happened!

Conjugation

Conjugation of finna

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	finna	finnas
Present tense	finner	finns, finnes
Past tense	fann	fanns
Supine	funnit	funnits
Imperative	finn	—
Present participle	finnande
Past participle	funnen

Synonyms

• (find ^def.): hitta