hyvänsä

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhyʋænsæˣ/, [ˈhyʋæns̠æ(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -yʋænsæ
Syllabification^(key): hy‧vän‧sä

Adverb

hyvänsä

Synonym of tahansa (“any, ever, either”)

Usage notes

See the usage notes under tahansa, with which hyvänsä can be used interchangeably.

Adjective

hyvänsä

inflection of hyvä:
1. third-person possessive form of nominative singular
2. third-person possessive form of nominative plural
3. third-person possessive form of genitive singular

Further reading

“hyvänsä”, 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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