Koskelainen
Appearance
See also: koskelainen
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]koski (“rapids”) + -lainen, mostly through a farm name Koskela[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkoskelɑi̯nen/, [ˈko̞s̠k̟e̞ˌlɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑinen
- Syllabification(key): Kos‧ke‧lai‧nen
- Hyphenation(key): Kos‧ke‧lai‧nen
Proper noun
[edit]Koskelainen
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Koskelainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Koskelainen | Koskelaiset | |
| genitive | Koskelaisen | Koskelaisten Koskelaisien | |
| partitive | Koskelaista | Koskelaisia | |
| illative | Koskelaiseen | Koskelaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Koskelainen | Koskelaiset | |
| accusative | nom. | Koskelainen | Koskelaiset |
| gen. | Koskelaisen | ||
| genitive | Koskelaisen | Koskelaisten Koskelaisien | |
| partitive | Koskelaista | Koskelaisia | |
| inessive | Koskelaisessa | Koskelaisissa | |
| elative | Koskelaisesta | Koskelaisista | |
| illative | Koskelaiseen | Koskelaisiin | |
| adessive | Koskelaisella | Koskelaisilla | |
| ablative | Koskelaiselta | Koskelaisilta | |
| allative | Koskelaiselle | Koskelaisille | |
| essive | Koskelaisena | Koskelaisina | |
| translative | Koskelaiseksi | Koskelaisiksi | |
| abessive | Koskelaisetta | Koskelaisitta | |
| instructive | — | Koskelaisin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Koskelainen is the 948th (tied with 1 other surname) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 905 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.