Helsinki

See also: Helsínki, Hèlsinki, Helsinkî, and Ħelsinki

English

Etymology

From Finnish Helsinki, see it for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛlˈsɪŋ.ki/

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Proper noun

Helsinki

1. The capital city of Finland. The Greater Helsinki metropolitan area has a population of 1.2 million.

Synonyms

• (former name) Helsingfors

Derived terms

• Helsinkian

Translations

the capital city of Finland

• Arabic: هِلْسِنْكِي m (hilsinkī)
• Armenian: Հելսինկի (Helsinki)
• Belarusian: Хе́льсінкі m (Xjélʹsinki)
• Bulgarian: Хе́лзинки m (Hélzinki)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Helsinky (cs) f pl
• Danish: Helsinki (da)
• Dutch: Helsinki (nl)
• Esperanto: Helsinko (eo)
• Estonian: Helsingi (et)
• Finnish: Helsinki (fi)
• French: Helsinki (fr) m
• Georgian: ჰელსინკი (helsinḳi)
• German: Helsinki (de) n
• Greek: Ελσίνκι (el) n (Elsínki)
• Hebrew: הלסינקי
• Hindi: हेलसिंकी (helsiṅkī)
• Irish: Heilsincí f
• Italian: Helsinki f
• Japanese: ヘルシンキ (Herushinki)
• Korean: 헬싱키 (ko) (Helsingki)
• Kurdish:
• Latin: Helsingia f
• Latvian: Helsinki m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: Helsinkis m
• Macedonian: Хе́лсинки m (Hélsinki)
• Maltese: Ħelsinki
• Northern Sami: Helsset
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Helsingfors (no)

  Nynorsk: Helsingfors

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

  Cyrillic: Хелсинки m

  Roman: Helsinki (sh) m

• Skolt Sami: Heʹlssen
• Slovak: Helsinki f pl
• Spanish: Helsinki (es)
• Swedish: Helsingfors (sv)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: เฮลซิงกิ (haynsinggì)
• Turkish: Helsinki (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ге́льсінкі m (Hélʹsinki)
• Vietnamese: Hiệu Sinh Kỳ, Hen-xin-ki
• Võro: Helsinki

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Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Helsinki

1. Helsinki

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Breton

Proper noun

Helsinki

1. Helsinki

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Helsinki n

1. Helsinki

Synonyms

• Elsenfors (obsolete)

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish vernacular Helsinge, from which 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", but here likely referring to a narrow water 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]
• Hyphenation: hel‧sin‧ki

Proper noun

Helsinki

1. Helsinki

Declension

• in Helsinki = Helsingissä (internal locative cases)

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 — —

Synonyms

• (colloquial) Hesa
• (slang) Stadi

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French

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Helsinki ?

1. Helsinki

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Helsinki n

1. Helsinki

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛlsiŋki]
• Hyphenation: Hel‧sin‧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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Latvian

Proper noun

Helsinki m pl (1st declension)

1. Helsinki

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //xɛlˈsiŋ.ki//

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Proper noun

Helsinki pl (plural only)

1. Helsinki

Declension

Declension of Helsinki

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

Derived terms

• (nouns) helsińczyk m, helsinka f
• (adjective) helsiński

Further reading

• Template:R: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

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Slovak

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Finnish Helsinki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛɫsiŋki/

Proper noun

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

1. Helsinki

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

Proper noun

Helsinki ?

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

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Turkish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Finnish.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Helsinki

1. Helsinki

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.