Finn

See also: finn and fínn

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: fĭn, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Homophone: fin

Etymology 1

From Old English Finnas (“the Sami”) (plural), from Old Norse finnr (“a hunter-gatherer”), from Proto-Germanic *finnaz (which see for more). Possibly originally meaning a ‘finder’ of food, referring to nomadic hunter-gatherers, particularly the Sami.

Noun

Finn (plural Finns)

1. A national of Finland.
2. A person of ethnic Finnish (Suomi) ancestry; a non-Swedish, non-Sami Finlander.
3. A member of another Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.
4. A male given name from Old Norse.

Synonyms

• (person from Finland): (dated) Finlander
• (ethnic Finn): Suomi, (rare) Finnishman

Translations

ethnic Finn

• Armenian: ֆինն (hy) (finn)
• Belarusian: фін m (fin), фі́нка f (fínka)
• Czech: Fin (cs) m, Finka (cs) f
• Danish: finne (da) c
• Dutch: Fin (nl) m, Finse (nl) f
• Esperanto: finno (eo)
• French: Finnois (fr) m, Finnoise (fr) f
• Georgian: ფინელი (pineli)
• German: Finne (de) m, Finnin (de) f
• Hungarian: finn (hu)
• Icelandic: Finni m
• Interlingua: finnese
• Italian: finnico (it) m
• Japanese: フィン人 (Fin-jin)
• Khmer: ហ្វាំង (feaŋ)
• Macedonian: Финец m (Finec), Финка f (Finka)
• Northern Sami: láddelaš, láttán
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: finne (no) m

  Nynorsk: finne (nn) m, kven (nn) m

• Polish: Fin (pl) m, Finka (pl) f
• Portuguese: fino (pt) m
• Russian: финн (ru) m (finn), фи́нка (ru) f (fínka)
• Sami:

  Kildin Sami: ла̄дтҍ (lādt’), ла̄дӭлаш (lād’elaš)

• Serbo-Croatian: Finac (sh) m, Finkinja f
• Slovak: Fín (sk) m, Fínka (sk) f
• Slovene: Fínec (sl) m, Fínka f
• Swahili: Mfini (sw)
• Swedish: finne (sv) m or f, finska (sv) f
• Turkish: Fin (tr)
• Ukrainian: фін m (fin), фі́нка f (fínka)

national of Finland

• Arabic: فِنْلَنْدِيّ‎ m (finlandiyy), فِنْلَنْدِيَّة‎ (ar) f (finlandiyya)
• Armenian: ֆինլանդացի (hy) (finlandacʿi)
• Basque: finlandiar
• Bulgarian: финландец m (finlandec)
• Catalan: finlandès (ca) m, finlandesa (ca) f

  Valencian: finlandés (ca) m, finlandesa (ca) f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芬蘭人／芬兰人 (zh) (Fēnlán rén)

• Esperanto: finnlandano
• Estonian: soomlane (et)
• Finnish: suomalainen (fi)
• French: Finlandais (fr) m, Finlandaise (fr) f
• Galician: finlandés (gl) m
• Georgian: ფინელი (pineli)
• German: Finnländer (de) m, Finnländerin (de) f
• Greek: Φινλανδός (el) m (Finlandós), Φινλανδέζα (el) f (Finlandéza)
• Indonesian: orang Finlandia
• Ingrian: soomalain
• Irish: Fionlannach m
• Italian: finlandese (it) m or f
• Japanese: フィンランド人 (ja) (Finrando-jin)
• Latvian: soms m, somiete f
• Lithuanian: suomis (lt) m, suomė (lt) f
• Northern Sami: suopmelaš
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: finlender m, finlending m

  Nynorsk: finlendar (nn) m, finlending (nn) m

• Portuguese: finlandês (pt) m, finlandesa f
• Romanian: finlandez (ro) m, finlandeză (ro) f
• Russian: финля́ндец (ru) m (finljándec), финля́ндка (ru) f (finljándka)
• Sami:

  Kildin Sami: Ла̄дтҍе̄ммьне (Lādt’jēmm’nje)

• Scottish Gaelic: Fionnlainneach m
• Spanish: finlandés (es) m, finlandesa (es) f
• Swahili: Mfinlendi
• Swedish: finländare (sv) m or f, finländska (sv) f
  [note finlandssvensk (sv) m or f, finlandssvenska (sv) f Swedish Finnlander]
• Turkish: Finlandiyalı (tr)
• Venetian: finlandexe (vec) m or f
• Volapük: Suomiyänan (vo)

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• Cherokee: ᎠᏫᏂ (awini)
• Estonian: somm (slang), poro (et) (slang), põder (et)
• Georgian: ფინელი (pineli)
• Hawaiian: Pinilana
• Scottish Gaelic: Suòmach m

Etymology 2

An Old and Middle Irish form of Fionn.

Proper noun

Finn (plural Finns)

1. A male given name from Irish.
2. A surname.
3. A river in County Donegal, Ireland, tributary to the Mourne.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnr.

Proper noun

Finn

1. a male given name

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data:25 335 males with the given name Fnn have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɪn]

• Audio (Austria)

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Proper noun

Finn

1. a male given name from Danish, Norwegian, or English Finn

Usage notes

• Currently popular in Germany.

Derived terms

• Finja, Finnja

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Finne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fin/
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

Finn m (plural Finnen)

1. Finn (person from Finland)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnr, from finnr (“Sami”), whence also finn. Also a short form of compound names with the element. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Finnur, Swedish Finn, and Danish Find.

Proper noun

Finn m (definite Finnen)

1. a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Finna

Related terms

• finn (“Sami”)

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988), “Finn”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn, →ISBN

Old English

Alternative forms

• Fin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *finnaz. Compare Old Norse Finnr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finn/, [fin]

Proper noun

Finn m

1. Sami
2. (in the plural) Lapland

Declension

Declension of Finn (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Finn	Finnas
accusative	Finn	Finnas
genitive	Finnes	Finna
dative	Finne	Finnum

Derived terms

• Finna land
• Finnas