Katja
See also: katja
Danish
Faroese
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Katja: Katjuson
- daughter of Katja: Katjudóttir
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Katja |
| Accusative | Katju |
| Dative | Katju |
| Genitive | Katju |
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑtjɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝t̪jɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑtjɑ
- Syllabification(key): Kat‧ja
Proper noun
Katja
- a female given name
- 2000, Leila Tuure, Hyvä mies, Karisto, →ISBN, page 287:
- Lapsen äidin nimikin juolahti äkkiä mieleeni. Katja. Venäläisnimi. Katjusa. Papapapapapa...Yhtä papatusta se oli ollutkin, kun alkuun päästiin. Olin muistaakseni kuiskutellutkin innostuneen neidon korvaan, että niin tulee kuin konekivääristä. En tiedä, ymmärsikö hän.
- The child's mother's name popped to my mind. Katja. A Russian name. Katjusa. Papapapapapa...That's how it was like when it got going. I remember I had even whispered in the ear of that excited young woman that it was like a machine gun. I don't know if she understood.
- 2002, Leena Lehtolainen, Kun luulit unohtaneesi, Tammi, →ISBN, page 103:
- Jenna kuulosti nuoren naisen nimeltä, Katjaakin nuoremman. Mitäpä sellaiset kakarat tietäisivätkään elämän tosiasioista?
- Jenna sounded like the name of a young woman. Even younger than Katja. What would such brats know about the realities of life?
Usage notes
- The most common first name of women born in Finland in 1973-1975.
Declension
| Inflection of Katja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Katja | Katjat | ||
| genitive | Katjan | Katjojen | ||
| partitive | Katjaa | Katjoja | ||
| illative | Katjaan | Katjoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Katja | Katjat | ||
| accusative | nom. | Katja | Katjat | |
| gen. | Katjan | |||
| genitive | Katjan | Katjojen Katjainrare | ||
| partitive | Katjaa | Katjoja | ||
| inessive | Katjassa | Katjoissa | ||
| elative | Katjasta | Katjoista | ||
| illative | Katjaan | Katjoihin | ||
| adessive | Katjalla | Katjoilla | ||
| ablative | Katjalta | Katjoilta | ||
| allative | Katjalle | Katjoille | ||
| essive | Katjana | Katjoina | ||
| translative | Katjaksi | Katjoiksi | ||
| abessive | Katjatta | Katjoitta | ||
| instructive | — | Katjoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Statistics
- Katja is the 40th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 15,731 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,290 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑtʲɑ/, [ˈkɑtʲɑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑtʲɑ/, [ˈkɑd̥ʲɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑtʲɑ
- Hyphenation: Kat‧ja
Proper noun
Katja
- a female given name, equivalent to English Kate
- 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
- j ono i pehmitösmerkkinnä ennen vokalaa, keskeel sannaa, niku nimis: Valja, Manja, Kolja, Katja j.n.e.
- j is also a palatalisation mark before a vowel, in the middle of a word, like in the names: Valja, Manja, Kolja, Katja etc.
Declension
| Declension of Katja (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Katja | Katjat |
| genitive | Katjan | Katjoin |
| partitive | Katjaa | Katjoja |
| illative | Katjaa | Katjoi |
| inessive | Katjas | Katjois |
| elative | Katjast | Katjoist |
| allative | Katjalle | Katjoille |
| adessive | Katjal | Katjoil |
| ablative | Katjalt | Katjoilt |
| translative | Katjaks | Katjoiks |
| essive | Katjanna, Katjaan | Katjoinna, Katjoin |
| exessive1) | Katjant | Katjoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Slovene
Swedish
Pronunciation
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