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
- 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?
- (deprecated template usage) passive infinitive of finna
Conjugation
Conjugation of finnas
References
- finnas in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).