ollenkaan
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The active instructive of the second infinitive of olla (“to be”) + -kaan.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈolːeŋkɑːn/, [ˈo̞lːe̞ŋkɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -olːeŋkɑːn
- Syllabification(key): ol‧len‧kaan
Adverb[edit]
ollenkaan
- (chiefly in the negative) not at all, never
- En ole ollenkaan varma.
- I'm not sure at all.
- Hän ei ollut ollenkaan kuullut siitä.
- She had never heard of it.
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Further reading[edit]
- “ollenkaan”, 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 2023-07-03