finna

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Contraction[edit]

finna

  1. African American Vernacular and Southern US form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.
    I'm finna go to the store.

Anagrams[edit]

Faroese[edit]

Faroese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fo

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

finna f (genitive singular finnu, plural finnur)

  1. (chess) pawn
  2. small woman
Declension[edit]
Declension of finna
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative finna finnan finnur finnurnar
accusative finnu finnuna finnur finnurnar
dative finnu finnuni finnum finnunum
genitive finnu finnunnar finna finnanna

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Verb[edit]

finna (third person singular past indicative fann, third person plural past indicative funnu, supine funnið)

  1. to find
  2. to meet
Conjugation[edit]
   Conjugation of finna
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infinitive finna
present participle finnandi
past participle a34 funnin
supine funnið
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present finni finnur finnur finna
past fann fanst fann funnu
imperative – tú – tit
present — finn! — finnið!

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

finna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fann, third-person plural past indicative fundu, supine fundið)

  1. (with accusative) to find syn.
    • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
      Krummi krunkar úti,
      kallar á nafna sinn:
      „Ég fann höfuð af hrúti
      hrygg og gæruskinn.“
      Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
      krummi nafni minn.
      “The raven croaks outside,
      calling his namesake:
      ‘I found the head of a ram,
      backbone and sheepskin.’
      Come now and peck with me,
      Raven, my namesake.”
    Ég fann þig!
    I found you!
  2. (with accusative) to meet syn.
  3. (with accusative) to sense, to feel something syn.

Conjugation[edit]

finna — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að finna
supine
(sagnbót)		 fundið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 finnandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég finn við finnum present
(nútíð)		 ég finni við finnum
þú finnur þið finnið þú finnir þið finnið
hann, hún, það finnur þeir, þær, þau finna hann, hún, það finni þeir, þær, þau finni
past
(þátíð)		 ég fann við fundum past
(þátíð)		 ég fyndi við fyndum
þú fannst þið funduð þú fyndir þið fynduð
hann, hún, það fann þeir, þær, þau fundu hann, hún, það fyndi þeir, þær, þau fyndu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 finn (þú) finnið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
finndu finniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
finnast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að finnast
supine
(sagnbót)		 fundist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 finnandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég finnst við finnumst present
(nútíð)		 ég finnist við finnumst
þú finnst þið finnist þú finnist þið finnist
hann, hún, það finnst þeir, þær, þau finnast hann, hún, það finnist þeir, þær, þau finnist
past
(þátíð)		 ég fannst við fundumst past
(þátíð)		 ég fyndist við fyndumst
þú fannst þið fundust þú fyndist þið fyndust
hann, hún, það fannst þeir, þær, þau fundust hann, hún, það fyndist þeir, þær, þau fyndust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 finnst (þú) finnist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
finnstu finnisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
fundinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)		 singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 fundinn fundin fundið fundnir fundnar fundin
accusative
(þolfall)		 fundinn fundna fundið fundna fundnar fundin
dative
(þágufall)		 fundnum fundinni fundnu fundnum fundnum fundnum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 fundins fundinnar fundins fundinna fundinna fundinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)		 singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 fundni fundna fundna fundnu fundnu fundnu
accusative
(þolfall)		 fundna fundnu fundna fundnu fundnu fundnu
dative
(þágufall)		 fundna fundnu fundna fundnu fundnu fundnu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 fundna fundnu fundna fundnu fundnu fundnu


Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Synonyms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”). Cognates include Danish finde, Swedish finna, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (finþan), German finden, Dutch vinden, and English find.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

finna (present tense finn, past tense fann, past participle funne, passive infinitive finnast, present participle finnande, imperative finn)

  1. find

References[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”). Cognate with Old English findan, Old Frisian finda, Old Saxon findan, Old Dutch findan, Old High German findan, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (finþan).

Verb[edit]

finna (singular past indicative fann, plural past indicative fundu, past participle fundinn)

  1. to find

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of finna — active (strong class 3)
infinitive finna
present participle finnandi
past participle fundinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular finn fann
2nd-person singular finnr fannt
3rd-person singular finnr fann
1st-person plural finnum fundum
2nd-person plural finnið funduð
3rd-person plural finna fundu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular finna fynda
2nd-person singular finnir fyndir
3rd-person singular finni fyndi
1st-person plural finnim fyndim
2nd-person plural finnið fyndið
3rd-person plural finni fyndi
imperative present
2nd-person singular finn
1st-person plural finnum
2nd-person plural finnið
Conjugation of finna — mediopassive (strong class 3)
infinitive finnask
present participle finnandisk
past participle fundizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular finnumk fundumk
2nd-person singular finnsk fannzk
3rd-person singular finnsk fannsk
1st-person plural finnumsk fundumsk
2nd-person plural finnizk funduzk
3rd-person plural finnask fundusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular finnumk fyndumk
2nd-person singular finnisk fyndisk
3rd-person singular finnisk fyndisk
1st-person plural finnimsk fyndimsk
2nd-person plural finnizk fyndizk
3rd-person plural finnisk fyndisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular finnsk
1st-person plural finnumsk
2nd-person plural finnizk

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • finna in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną.

Verb[edit]

finna

  1. to find
  2. to notice
  3. to deem, consider

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of finna (strong)
present past
infinitive finna —
participle finnandi, -e funnin
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk finder finni, -e — fan funni, -e
þū finder finni, -e fin fant funni, -e
han finder finni, -e — fan funni, -e
vīr finnum, -om finnum, -om finnum, -om funnum, -om funnum, -om
īr finnin finnin finnin funnin funnin
þēr finna finnin — funnu, -o funnin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk fins finnis, -es — fans funnis, -es
þū fins finnis, -es — fants funnis, -es
han fins finnis, -es — fans funnis, -es
vīr finnums, -oms finnums, -oms — funnums, -oms funnums, -oms
īr finnins finnins — funnins funnins
þēr finnas finnins — funnus, -os funnins

Descendants[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish finna, from Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

finna (present finner, preterite fann, supine funnit, imperative finn)

  1. (slightly formal or non-slang) to find, to locate, to discover syn.
    Var kan man finna en kopp kaffe här i närheten?
    Where can you find a cup of coffee near here?
  2. (formal) to have come to the conclusion, or opinion, that..
    Jag finner det mycket märkligt att ingen kan ta på sig ansvaret för det inträffade!
    I consider it quite remarkable that nobody can take responsibility for what has happened!

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of finna (class 3 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive finna finnas
Present tense finner finns, finnes
Past tense fann fanns
Supine funnit funnits
Imperative finn —
Present participle finnande
Past participle funnen

Synonyms[edit]

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