Oulainen

Finnish

Etymology

oula- +‎ -inen (probably from an earlier Oulahainen), from oulu (the same word as behind Oulu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈou̯lɑi̯nen/, [ˈo̞u̯lɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
• Rhymes: -oulɑinen
• Syllabification^(key): Ou‧lai‧nen

Proper noun

Oulainen

1. A town in North Ostrobothnia.

Declension

Inflection of Oulainen (type 38/nainen) singular plural nominative Oulainen – genitive – Oulaisten partitive Oulaista Oulaisia accusative Oulainen Oulaisen – inessive – Oulaisissa elative – Oulaisista illative – Oulaisiin adessive – Oulaisilla ablative – Oulaisilta allative – Oulaisille essive – Oulaisina translative Oulaiseksi Oulaisiksi abessive – Oulaisitta instructive – Oulaisin comitative – Oulaisineen

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Oulainen" is Oulaisissa. Note that the inflected forms are formed as if they were plural.

Derived terms

• oulaislainen
• oulaistelainen