Helsinki

See also: Helsínki, Hèlsinki, Helsinkî, and Ħelsinki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛlˈsɪŋ.ki/
• enPR: hělʹsǐngʹkē

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Helsinki

1. The capital city of Finland

   Synonym: (obsolete) Helsingfors

   • 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life‎^[1], volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 376-377:

     My doctors didn't want me to go to Helsinki, but staying home wasn't an option. Yeltsin had been reelected and NATO was about to vote to admit Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic; we had to have an agreement on how to proceed.

Derived terms

• Helsinkian

Translations

the capital city of Finland

• Albanian: Helsinki (sq)
• Amharic: ሄልሲንኪ (helsinki)
• Arabic: هِلْسِنْكِي f (helsinkī), هِلْسِنْكِي f (hilsinkī)
• Armenian: Հելսինկի (Helsinki), (obsolete) Հելսինգֆորս (Helsingfors)
• Azerbaijani: Helsinki (az)
• Belarusian: Хе́льсінкі m (Xjélʹsinki), Хэ́льсынкі pl (Xélʹsynki), Гельсінгфо́рс m (Hjelʹsinhfórs) (historical)
• Bengali: হেলসিঙ্কি (helośiṅki)
• Bulgarian: Хе́лзинки m (Hélzinki)
• Burmese: ဟယ်လ်ဆင်ကီမြို့ (hailhcangkimrui.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 赫爾辛基／赫尔辛基 (haak¹ ji⁵ san¹ gei¹), 赫尔辛基 (haak¹ ji⁵ san¹ gei¹), (obsolete) 赫爾辛福／赫尔辛福 (haak¹ ji⁵ san¹ fuk¹), 赫尔辛福 (haak¹ ji⁵ san¹ fuk¹)

  Mandarin: 赫爾辛基／赫尔辛基 (zh) (Hè'ěrxīnjī), 赫尔辛基 (zh) (Hè'ěrxīnjī), (obsolete) 赫爾辛福／赫尔辛福 (Hè'ěrxīnfú), 赫尔辛福 (Hè'ěrxīnfú)

• Czech: Helsinky (cs) f pl
• Danish: Helsinki (da), Helsingfors (da) n (dated)
• Dutch: Helsinki (nl) n, (obsolete) Elsenfors
• Esperanto: Helsinko (eo)
• Estonian: Helsingi (et)
• Finnish: Helsinki (fi)
• French: Helsinki (fr) m; (obsolete) Helsingfors (fr) m
• Galician: Helsinqui (gl)
• Georgian: ჰელსინკი (ka) (helsinḳi)
• German: Helsinki (de) n
• Greek: Ελσίνκι (el) n (Elsínki)
• Hebrew: הֶלְסִינְקִי (he) f (helsinki)
• Hindi: हेलसिंकी m (helsiṅkī)
• Hungarian: Helsinki (hu)
• Icelandic: Helsinki
• Indonesian: Helsinki
• Irish: Heilsincí f
• Italian: Helsinki f
• Japanese: ヘルシンキ (ja) (Herushinki); (obsolete) ヘルシンフォーズ (Herushinfōzu)
• Kazakh: Хельсинки (Xelsinki)
• Khmer: ហែលស៊ិនគី (km) (haelsɨnkii)
• Korean: 헬싱키 (ko) (Helsingki); (obsolete) 헬싱포스 (Helsingposeu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Helsinkî (ku) f, Helsînkî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Хельсинки (Helsinki)
• Lao: ເຮນຊິນກີ (hēn sin kī)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: Helsingia f
• Latvian: Helsinki m
• Lithuanian: Helsinkis m
• Macedonian: Хелсинки m (Helsinki)
• Malay: Helsinki
• Maltese: Ħelsinki
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Хельсинки (Xelʹsinki)

• Northern Sami: Helsset
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Helsingfors (no)

  Nynorsk: Helsingfors

• Pashto: هلسنکي f (helsenki)
• Persian: هلسینکی (helsinki)
• Polish: Helsinki (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Helsínquia (pt) f (Portugal), Helsinque (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: Helsinki (ro)
• Russian: Хе́льсинки (ru) m (Xélʹsinki), (obsolete) Гельсингфо́рс m (Gelʹsingfórs)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хѐлсинки m

  Roman: Hèlsinki (sh) m

• Skolt Sami: Heʹlssen
• Slovak: Helsinki f pl
• Slovene: Helsinki (sl) m
• Spanish: Helsinki (es)
• Swedish: Helsingfors (sv)
• Tajik: Ҳелсинкӣ (Helsinki)
• Tamil: எல்சிங்கி (elciṅki)
• Tatar: Һельсинки (Hel’sinki)
• Thai: เฮลซิงกิ (hel-sing-gì)
• Tibetan: ཧེལ་སིན་ཀི (hel sin ki)
• Turkish: Helsinki (tr)
• Turkmen: Helsinki
• Ukrainian: Ге́льсінкі m (Hélʹsinki), Гельсінгфо́рс m (Helʹsinhfórs) (historical)
• Urdu: ہلسنکی m (helsinkī)
• Uyghur: خېلسىنكى (xëlsinki)
• Uzbek: Helsinki
• Vietnamese: Hiệu Sinh Kỳ, Hiệu Sinh Kì, Hen-xin-ki
• Võro: Helsinki
• Yiddish: העלסינקי n (helsinki)

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Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Helsinki

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

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Breton

Proper noun

Helsinki

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

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Danish

Proper noun

Helsinki (?)

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

   Synonym: (dated, rare) Helsingfors

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɦɛlˈsiŋ.ki/, (less common) /ˈɦɛlˌsiŋ.ki/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Hel‧sin‧ki

Proper noun

Helsinki n

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Synonyms

• Elsenfors (obsolete)

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from vernacular Swedish Helsinge, whence also Swedish Helsingfors.

Traditionally considered to have been named after the Swedish province of Hälsingland due to the high number of initial immigrants from there, in turn possibly from hals (“neck, throat; narrow stream”) +‎ -inge, a suffix seen in Swedish place names.

Some more recent theories instead argue that the name is derived directly from the aforementioned hals, perhaps from Old Swedish hals > Old Swedish hälsinge, referring to the rapids, which are the narrowest part of the river Vantaa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhelsiŋki/, [ˈhe̞ls̠iŋk̟i]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -elsiŋki
• Syllabification^(key): Hel‧sin‧ki

Proper noun

Helsinki

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

   Synonyms: Hki, (colloquial, Helsinki) Stadi, (colloquial, rest of Finland) Hesa

Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Helsinki" is Helsingissä.

Inflection of Helsinki (Kotus type 5*G/risti, nk-ng gradation)
nominative		Helsinki	—
genitive		Helsingin	—
partitive		Helsinkiä	—
illative		Helsinkiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Helsinki	—
accusative	nom.	Helsinki	—
	gen.	Helsingin
genitive		Helsingin	—
partitive		Helsinkiä	—
inessive		Helsingissä	—
elative		Helsingistä	—
illative		Helsinkiin	—
adessive		Helsingillä	—
ablative		Helsingiltä	—
allative		Helsingille	—
essive		Helsinkinä	—
translative		Helsingiksi	—
abessive		Helsingittä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Helsinki (Kotus type 5*G/risti, nk-ng gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Helsinkini — accusative nom. Helsinkini — gen. Helsinkini genitive Helsinkini — partitive Helsinkiäni — inessive Helsingissäni — elative Helsingistäni — illative Helsinkiini — adessive Helsingilläni — ablative Helsingiltäni — allative Helsingilleni — essive Helsinkinäni — translative Helsingikseni — abessive Helsingittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Helsinkisi — accusative nom. Helsinkisi — gen. Helsinkisi genitive Helsinkisi — partitive Helsinkiäsi — inessive Helsingissäsi — elative Helsingistäsi — illative Helsinkiisi — adessive Helsingilläsi — ablative Helsingiltäsi — allative Helsingillesi — essive Helsinkinäsi — translative Helsingiksesi — abessive Helsingittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Helsinkimme — accusative nom. Helsinkimme — gen. Helsinkimme genitive Helsinkimme — partitive Helsinkiämme — inessive Helsingissämme — elative Helsingistämme — illative Helsinkiimme — adessive Helsingillämme — ablative Helsingiltämme — allative Helsingillemme — essive Helsinkinämme — translative Helsingiksemme — abessive Helsingittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Helsinkinne — accusative nom. Helsinkinne — gen. Helsinkinne genitive Helsinkinne — partitive Helsinkiänne — inessive Helsingissänne — elative Helsingistänne — illative Helsinkiinne — adessive Helsingillänne — ablative Helsingiltänne — allative Helsingillenne — essive Helsinkinänne — translative Helsingiksenne — abessive Helsingittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Helsinkinsä — accusative nom. Helsinkinsä — gen. Helsinkinsä genitive Helsinkinsä — partitive Helsinkiään Helsinkiänsä — inessive Helsingissään Helsingissänsä — elative Helsingistään Helsingistänsä — illative Helsinkiinsä — adessive Helsingillään Helsingillänsä — ablative Helsingiltään Helsingiltänsä — allative Helsingilleen Helsingillensä — essive Helsinkinään Helsinkinänsä — translative Helsingikseen Helsingiksensä — abessive Helsingittään Helsingittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

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French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɛl.siŋ.ki/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Helsinki f

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Helsinki n (proper noun, genitive Helsinkis or (optionally with an article) Helsinki)

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛlsiŋki]
• Hyphenation: Hel‧sin‧ki
• Rhymes: -ki

Proper noun

Helsinki

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Helsinki	—
accusative	Helsinkit	—
dative	Helsinkinek	—
instrumental	Helsinkivel	—
causal-final	Helsinkiért	—
translative	Helsinkivé	—
terminative	Helsinkiig	—
essive-formal	Helsinkiként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Helsinkiben	—
superessive	Helsinkin	—
adessive	Helsinkinél	—
illative	Helsinkibe	—
sublative	Helsinkire	—
allative	Helsinkihez	—
elative	Helsinkiből	—
delative	Helsinkiről	—
ablative	Helsinkitől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Helsinkié	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Helsinkiéi	—

Possessive forms of Helsinki
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Helsinkim	—
2nd person sing.	Helsinkid	—
3rd person sing.	Helsinkije	—
1st person plural	Helsinkink	—
2nd person plural	Helsinkitek	—
3rd person plural	Helsinkijük	—

Derived terms

• helsinki

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Icelandic

Proper noun

Helsinki n

1. Helsinki (the capital of Finland)

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Latvian

Proper noun

Helsinki m pl (1st declension)

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Declension

Declension of Helsinki (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	—	Helsinki
accusative (akuzatīvs)	—	Helsinkus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	—	Helsinku
dative (datīvs)	—	Helsinkiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	—	Helsinkiem
locative (lokatīvs)	—	Helsinkos
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	Helsinki

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Polish

Proper noun

1. (plural only) Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Declension

Declension of Helsinki

	plural
nominative	Helsinki
genitive	Helsinek
dative	Helsinkom
accusative	Helsinki
instrumental	Helsinkami
locative	Helsinkach
vocative	Helsinki

Derived terms

adjective

• helsiński

 

nouns

• helsinka
• helsińczyk

 

Further reading

• Helsinki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Helsinki in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Helsinki f

1. Alternative form of Helsinque

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Helsinki m (Cyrillic spelling Хелсинки)

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

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Slovak

Etymology

From Finnish Helsinki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛɫsiŋki/

Proper noun

Helsinki f pl (genitive singular Helsínk, declension pattern of žena)

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Declension

Declension of Helsinki

	plurale tantum
nominative	Helsinki
genitive	Helsínk
dative	Helsinkám
accusative	Helsinki
locative	Helsinkách
instrumental	Helsinkami

Derived terms

• Helsinčan m
• Helsinčanka f
• helsinský

References

• “Helsinki”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xelˈsinki/ [xelˈsĩŋ.ki]

Proper noun

Helsinki ?

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Related terms

• helsinguino

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Turkish

Etymology

From Finnish Helsinki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [helˈsinci]
• Hyphenation: hel‧sin‧ki

Proper noun

Helsinki

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Declension

    Declension of Helsinki

	singular	plural
nominative	Helsinki	Helsinkiler / Helsinki'ler
accusative	Helsinki'yi	Helsinkileri / Helsinki'leri
dative	Helsinki'ye	Helsinkilere / Helsinki'lere
locative	Helsinki'de	Helsinkilerde / Helsinki'lerde
ablative	Helsinki'den	Helsinkilerden / Helsinki'lerden
genitive	Helsinki'nin	Helsinkilerin / Helsinki'lerin

    Possession of Helsinki

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Helsinki'm	Helsinkilerim / Helsinki'lerim
senin (your)	Helsinki'n	Helsinkilerin / Helsinki'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Helsinki'si	Helsinkileri / Helsinki'leri
bizim (our)	Helsinki'miz	Helsinkilerimiz / Helsinki'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Helsinki'niz	Helsinkileriniz / Helsinki'leriniz
onların (their)	Helsinki'si / Helsinkileri / Helsinki'leri	Helsinkileri / Helsinki'leri

Derived terms

• Helsinkili

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Võro

Proper noun

Helsinki (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.