finnas

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish finnas, from Old Norse finnast. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål finnes and Norwegian Nynorsk finnast. Related to finna (“to find”).

Verb

finnas

1. to exist; to be

   Kan det möjligen finnas ett odjur i Loch Ness?

   Could there possibly be a monster in Loch Ness?

   Frågan är om Gud finns eller inte.

   The question is whether God exists or not.

   Finns det fler kakor?

   Are there more cookies?

2. infinitive passive of finna.

Conjugation

Conjugation of finnas

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	finnas	-
Present tense	finns	-
Past tense	fanns	-
Supine	funnits	-
Imperative	-	-
Present participle	-
Past participle	-

References

• finnas in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).