millainen
Finnish
Etymology
Contraction of minkälainen < minkä (“of which”) + -lainen (“kind of”), cognate with Estonian milline (“what, what kind of”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
millainen (not comparable)
Usage notes
In everyday spoken language there are other variants of this word such as mimmonen and millanen which are well used and understood but which are considered as improper for use in the formal written language.
Declension
Inflection of millainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | millainen | millaiset | |
genitive | millaisen | millaisten millaisien | |
partitive | millaista | millaisia | |
illative | millaiseen | millaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | millainen | millaiset | |
accusative | nom. | millainen | millaiset |
gen. | millaisen | ||
genitive | millaisen | millaisten millaisien | |
partitive | millaista | millaisia | |
inessive | millaisessa | millaisissa | |
elative | millaisesta | millaisista | |
illative | millaiseen | millaisiin | |
adessive | millaisella | millaisilla | |
ablative | millaiselta | millaisilta | |
allative | millaiselle | millaisille | |
essive | millaisena | millaisina | |
translative | millaiseksi | millaisiksi | |
abessive | millaisetta | millaisitta | |
instructive | — | millaisin | |
comitative | — | millaisine |