Finnland

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See also: Finnlånd

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

finni +‎ land, from Old Norse Finnland

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Finnland n

  1. Finland

Declension[edit]

n8 -land Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Finnland
Accusative
Dative Finnlandi
Genitive Finnlands

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German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finne +‎ Land.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪnlant/
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Proper noun[edit]

Finnland n (proper noun, genitive Finnlands or (optionally with an article) Finnland)

  1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Finni +‎ land, from Old Norse Finnland

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Finnland n

  1. Finland

Declension[edit]

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From finnar (Sami, Finns) +‎ land.

Proper noun[edit]

Finnland n

  1. Finland

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Faroese: Finnland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Finnland, Finland
  • Swedish: Finland
  • Danish: Finland
    • Norwegian Bokmål: Finland
    • Latin: Finlandia (see there for further descendants)
  • English: Finland (see there for further descendants)
  • German: Finnland

References[edit]

  • Finnland”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press