Minna
See also: minna
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Minna
- a female given name.
Estonian
Etymology
Proper noun
Minna
- a female given name.
Faroese
Proper noun
Minna f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Minna: Minnuson
- daughter of Minna: Minnudóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Minna |
Accusative | Minnu |
Dative | Minnu |
Genitive | Minnu |
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Minna in the nineteenth century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Minna
- a female given name.
- 1959 Väinö Linna, Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1 (WSOY 1965), page 104:
- Ajatuksissaan kirkkoherra nimitti Helsingistä mukana tuotua taloudenhoitajaa Minnaksi, vaikka Ellen meni siinäkin naurettavuuteen asti, että nimityksen pitäisi kuulua Miina.
- 1970 Veronica Pimenoff, Pohjoiset pelit, Tammi, →ISBN, page 103:
- Senkin nimi oli Minna. Minna oli kuullut sen äidin huutavan sitä. Pari vuotta sitten Minna-nimi olikin ollut muodissa, tuon ikäisiä Minnoja vilisi joka paikassa. Toista oli hänen aikanaan, kun koulussa muut haukkuivat Minna Canthiksi ja huusivat perään että "Miina, Miina, kahvi kiehuu, Miina menee ja hakee sen keittiöstä nyt!"
- 1959 Väinö Linna, Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1 (WSOY 1965), page 104:
Usage notes
Very popular in Finland the 1960s and 1970s.
Declension
Inflection of Minna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Minna | Minnat | ||
genitive | Minnan | Minnojen | ||
partitive | Minnaa | Minnoja | ||
illative | Minnaan | Minnoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Minna | Minnat | ||
accusative | nom. | Minna | Minnat | |
gen. | Minnan | |||
genitive | Minnan | Minnojen Minnain rare | ||
partitive | Minnaa | Minnoja | ||
inessive | Minnassa | Minnoissa | ||
elative | Minnasta | Minnoista | ||
illative | Minnaan | Minnoihin | ||
adessive | Minnalla | Minnoilla | ||
ablative | Minnalta | Minnoilta | ||
allative | Minnalle | Minnoille | ||
essive | Minnana | Minnoina | ||
translative | Minnaksi | Minnoiksi | ||
abessive | Minnatta | Minnoitta | ||
instructive | — | Minnoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
German
Etymology
A pet form of Wilhelmina made well known by the comedy Minna von Barnhelm (1767) by G. E. Lessing.
Proper noun
Minna
- a female given name.
Categories:
- Danish terms derived from German
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Estonian terms derived from German
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian female given names
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Finnish terms borrowed from German
- Finnish terms derived from German
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German female given names