Tallinn

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Estonian Tallinn (Tallinn), compound of old Taani (Denmark) and linn ("town", originally "castle").

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑːlɪn/[1][2]
  • IPA(key): /ˈtælɪn/[3]
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  • Rhymes: -ɑːlɪn

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn

  1. The capital city of Estonia.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

References[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia af

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn

  1. Tallinn (the capital city of Estonia)

Derived terms[edit]

Asturian[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn m

  1. Tallinn (the capital city of Estonia)

Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn m inan (related adjective tallinnský)

  1. Tallinn (the capital city of Estonia)

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Tallin in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn

  1. Tallinn (the capital city of Estonia)

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn n

  1. Tallinn (the capital city of Estonia)

Estonian[edit]

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia et
The old town of Tallinn, in Estonia.

Etymology[edit]

The origin of the capital name is disputed:

The form Tallinn is official since 1933. Before, the official form was Tallinna, now very rare in the nominative. This makes Tallinn the only Estonian placename not to end in a vowel.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑlʲːːinː/ (Official, also Eastern Estonia)
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑlʲːin(ː)/ (Northern Estonia)
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑlʲin(ɑ)/ (Western Estonia)
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑlʲnɑ/ (Southern Estonia)
  • Rhymes: -ɑlːinː
  • Hyphenation: Tal‧linn
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Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn

  1. Tallinn (the capital city of Harju, Estonia)
    Tallinn on Eesti suurim linn
    Tallinn is the largest city in Estonia
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Declension[edit]

Declension of Tallinn (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative Tallinn
accusative nom.
gen. Tallinna
genitive
partitive Tallinna
illative Tallinna
Tallinnasse
inessive Tallinnas
elative Tallinnast
allative Tallinnale
adessive Tallinnal
ablative Tallinnalt
translative Tallinnaks
terminative Tallinnani
essive Tallinnana
abessive Tallinnata
comitative Tallinnaga

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Tallinn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tallinn, Tallin
  • Polish: Tallinn

References[edit]

French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn f

  1. Tallinn (the capital city of Estonia)

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn n (proper noun, genitive Tallinns or (optionally with an article) Tallinn)

  1. Tallinn (the capital city of Estonia)

Hungarian[edit]

 Tallinn on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒlːinː]
  • Hyphenation: Tal‧linn
  • Rhymes: -inː
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Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn

  1. Tallinn (the capital city of Estonia)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of Tallinn
singular plural
nominative Tallinn
accusative Tallinnt
dative Tallinn-nak
instrumental Tallinn-nal
causal-final Tallinnért
translative Tallinn-ná
terminative Tallinnig
essive-formal Tallinnként
essive-modal
inessive Tallinnban
superessive Tallinnon
adessive Tallinn-nál
illative Tallinnba
sublative Tallinnra
allative Tallinnhoz
elative Tallinnból
delative Tallinnról
ablative Tallinntól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Tallinné
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Tallinnéi
Possessive forms of Tallinn
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Tallinnom
2nd person sing. Tallinnod
3rd person sing. Tallinnja
1st person plural Tallinnunk
2nd person plural Tallinnotok
3rd person plural Tallinnjuk

Derived terms[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia is

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn ?

  1. Tallinn (the capital of Estonia)

Italian[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn m

  1. Tallinn (the capital city of Estonia)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb
View of Tallinn from St. Olaf's church, Estonia.

Etymology[edit]

From Estonian Tallinn (Tallinn), where the origin is disputed:

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn

  1. Tallinn (the capital city of Harju, Estonia)
    Tallinn har både landets hovedflyplass og hovedhavn.
    Tallinn has both the country's main airport and main port.

Synonyms[edit]

  • Reval (Tallinn) (obsolete)
  • Tallin (Tallinn) (obsolete, used mainly between 1944 and 1991)

References[edit]

  • Tallinn” in Store norske leksikon

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
Tallinn

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Estonian Tallinn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn m inan

  1. Tallinn (the capital city of Estonia)
    Synonym: Rewel

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

adjective
nouns

Further reading[edit]

  • Tallinn in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn

  1. Alternative form of Taline

Slovak[edit]

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn m inan (genitive singular Tallinnu, declension pattern of dub)

  1. Tallinn (the capital city of Estonia)

References[edit]

  • Tallinn”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Tallinn n (genitive Tallinns)

  1. Tallinn (the capital city of Estonia)