English

Alternative forms

• see fixing to

Contraction

finna

1. African American Vernacular and Southern US form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.

   I'm finna go to the store.

Faroese

Etymology 1

Noun

finna f (genitive singular finnu, plural finnur)

1. (chess) pawn
2. small woman

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‎(“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Verb

finna ‎(third person singular past indicative fann, third person plural past indicative funnu, supine funnið)

1. to find
2. to meet

Conjugation

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‎(“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪnːa

  Homophones: Finna

Verb

finna ‎(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fann, third-person plural past indicative fundu, supine fundið)

1. (with accusative) to find ^syn.
   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,

     kallar á nafna sinn:

     „Ég fann höfuð af hrúti

     hrygg og gæruskinn.“

     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,

     krummi nafni minn.

     “The raven croaks outside,

     calling his namesake:

     ‘I found the head of a ram,

     backbone and sheepskin.’

     Come now and peck with me,

     Raven, my namesake.”

   Ég fann þig!

   I found you!

2. (with accusative) to meet ^syn.
3. (with accusative) to sense, to feel something ^syn.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (find ^def.): uppgötva
• (meet ^def.): hitta
• (sense ^def.): skynja

Anagrams

• nafni

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• finne

Etymology

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‎(“to go, pass; path, bridge”). Cognates include Danish finde, Swedish finna, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 ‎(finþan), German finden, Dutch vinden, and English find.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fina/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

finna ‎(present tense finn, past tense fann, past participle funne, passive infinitive finnast, present participle finnande, imperative finn)

1. find

References

• “finna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‎(“to go, pass; path, bridge”). Cognate with Old English findan, Old Frisian finda, Old Saxon findan, Old Dutch findan, Old High German findan, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 ‎(finþan).

Verb

finna

1. to find

Conjugation

Descendants

References

• finna in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną.

Verb

finna

1. to find
2. to notice
3. to deem, consider

Conjugation

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Descendants

• Swedish: finna

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish finna, from Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‎(“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnˌa/

Verb

finna ‎(present finner, preterite fann, supine funnit, imperative finn)

1. to find, to locate, to discover ^syn.

   Var kan man finna en kopp kaffe här i närheten?

   Where can you find a cup of coffee near here?

2. (formal) to have come to the conclusion, or opinion, that..

   Jag finner det mycket märkligt att ingen kan ta på sig ansvaret för det inträffade!

   I consider it quite remarkable that nobody can take responsibility for what has happened!

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (find ^def.): hitta