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Webster 1913 Edition

Finn

Adj.

A native of Finland; one of the Finn[GREEK] in the ethnological sense. See

Finns

Webster 1828 Edition

Finn

FINN

Noun.

A native of Finland, in Europe.

Definition 2024

Finn

See also: finn and fínn

English

Noun

Finn ‎(plural Finns)

A national of Finland.
An ethnic Finn.

Translations

person from Finland

Armenian: ֆինն (hy) ‎(finn), ֆինլանդացի (hy) ‎(finlandacʿi)
Basque: finlandiar
Bulgarian: финландец m ‎(finlandec)
Catalan: finlandès (ca) m, finlandesa (ca) f
Valencian: finlandés (ca) m, finlandesa (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎠᏫᏂ ‎(Awini)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 芬蘭人 (zh), 芬兰人 (zh) ‎(Fēnlán rén)
Czech: Fin (cs) m, Finka (cs) f
Danish: finne (da) c
Dutch: Fin (nl) m, Finse (nl) f
Esperanto: finno
Estonian: soomlane (et)
Finnish: suomalainen (fi)
French: Finnois (fr) m, Finnoise (fr) f, Finlandais (fr) m, Finlandaise (fr) f
German: Finne (de) m, Finnin (de) f
Greek: Φινλανδός (el) m ‎(Finlandós), Φινλανδέζα f ‎(Finlandéza)
Hawaiian: Pinilana
Hungarian: finn (hu)
Icelandic: Finni m
Indonesian: orang Finlandia
Interlingua: finnese
Italian: finlandese (it) m, f
Japanese: フィンランド人 (ja) ‎(finrando-jin), フィン人 ‎(fin-jin)

Khmer: ហ្វាំង ‎(feaŋ)
Latvian: soms (lv) m, somiete f
Lithuanian: suomis (lt) m, suomė (lt) f
Northern Sami: suopmelaš (nationality), láddelaš, láttán (ethnicity)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: finlender m, finlending m, finne (no) m

Nynorsk: finlendar (nn) m, finlending (nn) m, finne (nn) m
Polish: Fin (pl) m, Finka (pl) f
Portuguese: finlandês (pt) m, finlandesa f
Romanian: finlandez (ro) m, finlandeză (ro) f, finlandezi m pl, finalndeze f pl
Russian: финн (ru) m ‎(finn), фи́нка (ru) f ‎(fínka); финля́ндец (ru) m ‎(finljándec), финля́ндка (ru) f ‎(finljándka) (Finnish national of any ethnicity)
Scottish Gaelic: Suòmach m, Fionnlainneach m
Serbo-Croatian: Finac (sh) m, Finkinja f
Slovene: Fínec (sl) m, Fínka f
Spanish: finlandés (es) m, finlandesa (es) f
Swahili: Mfini (sw), Mfinlendi
Swedish: finne (sv) m, f, finska (sv) f (Finnish-speaking Finn), finländare (sv) m, f, finländska (sv) f (any Finn), finlandssvensk (sv) m, f, finlandssvenska (sv) f (Swedish-speaking Finn)
Turkish: Fin (tr), Finlandiyalı (tr)
Venetian: finlandexe (vec) m, f
Volapük: (♂♀) Suomiyänan (vo), (♂) hi-Suomiyänan, (♀) ji-Suomiyänan

Etymology 2

An anglicized form of Fionn.

Proper noun

Finn

A male given name.
A surname.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnr.

Proper noun

Finn

A male given name.

References

Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data:25 335 males with the given name Fnn have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [fɪn]

Proper noun

Finn

A male given name borrowed from Danish or Norwegian Finn.

Usage notes

Currently popular in Germany.

Derived terms

Finja, Finnja

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fin/
- Rhymes: -in

Noun

Finn m ‎(plural Finnen)

Finn (person from Finland)

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnr, used since Middle Ages, also as an element in Old Norse compound names.

Proper noun

Finn

A male given name.

Related terms

finn

See also: Finn and fínn

Hungarian

Adjective

finn (not comparable)

Finnish (of or relating to Finland, its people or language)

Noun

finn ‎(plural finnek)

Finn (person)
(singular only) Finnish (language)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	finn	finnek
accusative	finnet	finneket
dative	finnek	finneknek
instrumental	finnel	finnekkel
causal-final	finnért	finnekért
translative	finné	finnekké
terminative	finnig	finnekig
essive-formal	finnként	finnekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	finnben	finnekben
superessive	finnen	finneken
adessive	finnél	finneknél
illative	finnbe	finnekbe
sublative	finnre	finnekre
allative	finnhez	finnekhez
elative	finnből	finnekből
delative	finnről	finnekről
ablative	finntől	finnektől

Possessive forms of finn
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	finnem	finnjeim
2nd person sing.	finned	finnjeid
3rd person sing.	finnje	finnjei
1st person plural	finnünk	finnjeink
2nd person plural	finnetek	finnjeitek
3rd person plural	finnjük	finnjeik

Derived terms

Irish

Pronunciation

(Waterford) IPA^(key): [fʲiːɲ]
(Cork, Kerry, Galway) IPA^(key): [fʲiːn̠ʲ]
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): [fʲɪn̠ʲ]

Adjective

finn

vocative masculine singular of fionn
genitive masculine singular of fionn
(archaic) dative feminine singular of fionn

Noun

finn m

genitive singular of fionn

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
finn	fhinn	bhfinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Mauritian Creole

Verb

finn

Medial form of fini

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

finn

imperative of finne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

finn

present tense of finna and finne
imperative of finna and finne

Old Irish

Alternative forms

find

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *windos ‎(“white”) (compare Welsh gwyn, Gaulish vindos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fʲin͈/

Adjective

finn

Descendants

Irish: fionn
Manx: fynn
Scottish Gaelic: fionn

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
finn	ḟinn	finn pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Swedish

Verb

finn

imperative of finna.

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Webster 1913 Edition

Finn

Finn

Webster 1828 Edition

Finn

FINN

Definition 2024

Finn

Finn

English

Noun

Translations

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Danish

Etymology

Proper noun

References

German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Usage notes

Derived terms

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Noun

Norwegian

Etymology

Proper noun

Related terms

finn

finn

Hungarian

Adjective

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

Noun

Mutation

Mauritian Creole

Verb

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Descendants

Mutation

Swedish

Verb

Etymology

Pronunciation

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