Helsinki

See also: Helsínki, Hèlsinki, Helsinkî, and Ħelsinki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki.

Pronunciation

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

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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

• Afrikaans: Helsinki
• 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), (obsolete) 赫爾辛福／赫尔辛福 (haak¹ ji⁵ san¹ fuk¹)

  Mandarin: 赫爾辛基／赫尔辛基 (zh) (Hè'ěrxīnjī), (obsolete) 赫爾辛福／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)
• Latin: Helsingia f
• Latvian: Helsinki m
• Lithuanian: Helsinkis m
• Macedonian: Хелсинки m (Helsinki)
• Malay: Helsinki
• Maltese: Ħelsinki
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: Хельсинки (Heĺsinki)

• 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 (Helsinkī)
• 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 (uk) 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)

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki.

Proper noun

Helsinki

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Derived terms

• Helsinkiër
• Helsinkies

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Helsinki

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Breton

Proper noun

Helsinki

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Danish

Proper noun

Helsinki (?)

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

   Synonym: (dated, rare) Helsingfors

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)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from vernacular Swedish Helsinge, itself probably derived from *hälsing- (found in e.g. Hälsingland, Helsingborg ~ Hälsingborg), a derivative of hals (literally “neck”) (perhaps Old Swedish hals > hälsinge), here referring to a narrow part of a flowing body of water. Helsinki is located on the delta of the river Vantaa, so the name would refer to the rapids of that river. Indeed, Vanhankaupunginkoski, the rapids around which Helsinki was founded, was called Helsinge fors (literally “Helsinki rapids”) in older sources; this is also the origin of the current Swedish name Helsingfors.

In the past the city was considered to have been named after the Swedish province of Hälsingland, on the grounds that Helsinki would have initially been settled by people from Hälsingland, but this is not held to be likely anymore (instead, the largest group seems to have been those from Uppland).

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: (abbreviation) 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 — —

Derived terms

• helsinkiläinen
• Hesa
• Hesari

 

French

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Helsinki f

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

German

Pronunciation

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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)

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

Icelandic

Proper noun

Helsinki n

1. Helsinki (the capital of Finland)

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

Polish

Helsinki

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛlˈsiŋ.ki/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -iŋki
• Syllabification: Hel‧sin‧ki

Proper noun

Helsinki nvir pl (related adjective helsiński)

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Uusimaa, Finland)

Declension

Declension of Helsinki

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

Derived terms

nouns

• helsinka
• helsińczyk

 

Further reading

• Helsinki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Helsinki in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Helsinki f

1. Alternative form of Helsinque

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Hèlsinki m (Cyrillic spelling Хѐлсинки)

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xelˈsinki/ [xelˈsĩŋ.ki]
• Rhymes: -inki
• Syllabification: Hel‧sin‧ki

Proper noun

Helsinki ?

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Related terms

• helsinguino

 

Turkish

Etymology

From Finnish Helsinki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hælˈsinci]
• 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

Võro

Proper noun

Helsinki (genitive Helsinki, partitive Helsinkit)

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.