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himmeli

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Finnish

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Himmeli made of straw
Functional hybrid organizational chart

Etymology

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Borrowed from Swedish himmel (sky, heaven).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhimːeli/, [ˈhimːe̞li]
  • Rhymes: -imːeli
  • Syllabification(key): him‧me‧li
  • Hyphenation(key): him‧me‧li

Noun

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himmeli

  1. a type of hanging, mobile decoration made of straw or other similar material
  2. (colloquial, humorous or derogatory) organisation chart, ellipsis of hallintohimmeli
    Synonym: organisaatiokaavio
  3. (colloquial, humorous or derogatory) any complicated organisational matter; something that is (very) complicated or convoluted
    • 2023 February 16, Veera Paananen, “Käsittämätön rahoitushimmeli voi johtaa siihen, että sote-menot kasvavat hallitsemattomasti”, in Helsingin Sanomat[1]:
      Sote-rahoituslaki on himmeli, jota miettiessä aivot menevät pahemman kerran solmuun.
      The Social and Health Care Funding Act is a head-scratcher; just thinking about it makes your brain go into a complete spin.

Declension

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Inflection of himmeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative himmeli himmelit
genitive himmelin himmelien
himmeleiden
himmeleitten
partitive himmeliä himmeleitä
himmelejä
illative himmeliin himmeleihin
singular plural
nominative himmeli himmelit
accusative nom. himmeli himmelit
gen. himmelin
genitive himmelin himmelien
himmeleiden
himmeleitten
partitive himmeliä himmeleitä
himmelejä
inessive himmelissä himmeleissä
elative himmelistä himmeleistä
illative himmeliin himmeleihin
adessive himmelillä himmeleillä
ablative himmeliltä himmeleiltä
allative himmelille himmeleille
essive himmelinä himmeleinä
translative himmeliksi himmeleiksi
abessive himmelittä himmeleittä
instructive himmelein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of himmeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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