Finnland

See also: Finnlånd

Faroese

Etymology

finni + land, from Old Norse Finnland

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪnːlant/

Proper noun

Finnland n

  1. Finland

Declension

n8 -land Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Finnland
Accusative
Dative Finnlandi
Genitive Finnlands

German

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finne + Land.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪnlant/
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Proper noun

Finnland n (proper noun, genitive Finnlands or (optionally with an article) Finnland)

  1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Derived terms

See also

Icelandic

Etymology

Finni + land, from Old Norse Finnland

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪnːlant/

Proper noun

Finnland n

  1. Finland

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From finnar (Sami, Finns) + land.

Proper noun

Finnland n

  1. Finland

Declension

Descendants

  • Faroese: Finnland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Finnland, Finland
  • Swedish: Finland
  • Danish: Finland
    • Norwegian Bokmål: Finland
    • Latin: Finlandia (see there for further descendants)
  • English: Finland (see there for further descendants)
  • German: Finnland

References

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