kaunis

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Estonian [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *skauniz. Compare to English sheen, German schön and Swedish skön.

Adjective [edit]

kaunis (genitive kauni, partitive kaunist)

  1. beautiful
Synonyms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Adverb [edit]

kaunis

  1. quite

Finnish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *skauniz. Compare to English sheen, German schön and Swedish skön.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ˈkɑunis]
  • Hyphenation: kau‧nis

Adjective [edit]

kaunis (comparative kauniimpi, superlative kaunein or (poetic) kaunehin)

  1. beautiful
    Hän on todella kaunis.
    She is really beautiful.

Declension [edit]

Declension of kaunis (type vieras)
singular plural
nominative kaunis kauniit
genitive kauniin kauniiden
kauniitten
partitive kaunista kauniita
accusative kaunis
kauniin		 kauniit
inessive kauniissa kauniissa
elative kauniista kauniista
illative kauniiseen kauniisiin
kauniihin1
adessive kauniilla kauniilla
ablative kauniilta kauniilta
allative kauniille kauniille
essive kauniina kauniina
translative kauniiksi kauniiksi
instructive – kauniin
abessive kauniitta kauniitta
comitative – kauniineen
1) Rare.   

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