hyvänen

Finnish

Etymology

hyvä (“good”) +‎ -nen

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhyʋænen/, [ˈhyʋæne̞n]
Rhymes: -yʋænen
Syllabification^(key): hy‧vä‧nen

Adjective

hyvänen

good; used only as fortifier in the exclamation hyvänen aika (“good heavens”)

Declension

Due to the limited usage, this word is not inflected in practice.

Further reading

“hyvänen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

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