Niskanen
Finnish
Etymology
From niska (“neck”) in topographic terms such as joen niska ("source of a river") and mäen niska ("hill crest"), possibly also as a nickname for somebody with a thick, crooked etc. neck + -nen.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Niskanen
- a surname from landscape
Declension
Inflection of Niskanen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Niskanen | Niskaset | |
genitive | Niskasen | Niskasten Niskasien | |
partitive | Niskasta | Niskasia | |
illative | Niskaseen | Niskasiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Niskanen | Niskaset | |
accusative | nom. | Niskanen | Niskaset |
gen. | Niskasen | ||
genitive | Niskasen | Niskasten Niskasien | |
partitive | Niskasta | Niskasia | |
inessive | Niskasessa | Niskasissa | |
elative | Niskasesta | Niskasista | |
illative | Niskaseen | Niskasiin | |
adessive | Niskasella | Niskasilla | |
ablative | Niskaselta | Niskasilta | |
allative | Niskaselle | Niskasille | |
essive | Niskasena | Niskasina | |
translative | Niskaseksi | Niskasiksi | |
abessive | Niskasetta | Niskasitta | |
instructive | — | Niskasin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |