Pulkka
Appearance
See also: pulkka
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a Germanic given name (compare Old Norse Folki, Middle Low German Folke, Fulke, Old High German Fulca, Fulco).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpulkːɑ/, [ˈpulkːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ulkːɑ
- Syllabification(key): Pulk‧ka
- Hyphenation(key): Pulk‧ka
Proper noun
[edit]Pulkka
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Pulkka (Kotus type 10*A/koira, kk–k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pulkka | Pulkat | |
| genitive | Pulkan | Pulkkien | |
| partitive | Pulkkaa | Pulkkia | |
| illative | Pulkkaan | Pulkkiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Pulkka | Pulkat | |
| accusative | nom. | Pulkka | Pulkat |
| gen. | Pulkan | ||
| genitive | Pulkan | Pulkkien Pulkkain rare | |
| partitive | Pulkkaa | Pulkkia | |
| inessive | Pulkassa | Pulkissa | |
| elative | Pulkasta | Pulkista | |
| illative | Pulkkaan | Pulkkiin | |
| adessive | Pulkalla | Pulkilla | |
| ablative | Pulkalta | Pulkilta | |
| allative | Pulkalle | Pulkille | |
| essive | Pulkkana | Pulkkina | |
| translative | Pulkaksi | Pulkiksi | |
| abessive | Pulkatta | Pulkitta | |
| instructive | — | Pulkin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- Pulkka is the 2284th (tied with 2 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 355 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.