Finn

See also: finn and fínn

English

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Finn

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: fĭn, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Homophone: fin

Etymology 1

From Old English Finnas (“the Sami”) (plural), from Old Norse finnr (“a hunter-gatherer”), from Proto-Germanic *finnaz (which see for more). Possibly originally meaning a ‘finder’ of food, referring to nomadic hunter-gatherers, particularly the Sami.

Noun

Finn (plural Finns)

1. A national of Finland.
2. A person of ethnic Finnish (Suomi) ancestry; a non-Swedish, non-Sami Finlander.
3. (by extension) A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.
4. A male given name from Old Norse.

Synonyms

• (person from Finland): (dated) Finlander
• (ethnic Finn): Suomi, (rare) Finnishman

Translations

ethnic Finn

Armenian: ֆինն (hy) (finn) Belarusian: фін m (fin), фі́нка f (fínka) Czech: Fin (cs) m, Finka (cs) f Danish: finne (da) c Dutch: Fin (nl) m, Finse (nl) f Esperanto: finno (eo) Estonian: soomlane (et), somm (colloquial), poro (et) (colloquial, ethnic slur), põder (et) (colloquial, ethnic slur) French: Finnois (fr) m, Finnoise (fr) f Georgian: ფინელი (pineli) German: Finne (de) m, Finnin (de) f Hungarian: finn (hu) Icelandic: Finni m Ingrian: soomalain Interlingua: finnese Italian: finnico (it) m Japanese: フィン人 (ja) (Fin-jin) Khmer: ហ្វាំង (feaŋ) Macedonian: Финец m (Finec), Финка f (Finka) Northern Sami: láddelaš, láttán Norwegian: Bokmål: finne (no) m Nynorsk: finne (nn) m, kven (nn) m Ojibwe: madoodoowinini anim, omakakiiwinini anim Polish: Fin (pl) m, Finka (pl) f Portuguese: fino (pt) m Russian: финн (ru) m (finn), фи́нка (ru) f (fínka) Sami: Kildin Sami: ла̄дтҍ (lādt’), ла̄дӭлаш (lād’elaš) Skolt Sami: läʹdd Serbo-Croatian: Finac (sh) m, Finkinja f Slovak: Fín (sk) m, Fínka (sk) f Slovene: Fínec (sl) m, Fínka f Swahili: Mfini (sw) Swedish: finne (sv) m or f, finska (sv) f Turkish: Fin (tr) Ukrainian: фін (uk) m (fin), фі́нка f (fínka)

national of Finland

Arabic: فِنْلَنْدِيّ m (finlandiyy), فِنْلَنْدِيَّة (ar) f (finlandiyya) Armenian: ֆինլանդացի (hy) (finlandacʻi) Asturian: finlandés (ast) m, finés (ast) m, finlandesa (ast) f, finesa (ast) f Basque: finlandiar Bulgarian: финландец m (finlandec) Catalan: finlandès (ca) m, finlandesa (ca) f Valencian: finlandés (ca) m, finlandesa (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 芬蘭人 / 芬兰人 (zh) (Fēnlán rén) Esperanto: finnlandano Estonian: soomlane (et), somm (colloquial), poro (et) (colloquial, ethnic slur), põder (et) (colloquial, ethnic slur) Finnish: suomalainen (fi) French: Finlandais (fr) m, Finlandaise (fr) f Galician: finlandés (gl) m Georgian: ფინელი (pineli) German: Finnländer (de) m, Finnländerin (de) f Greek: Φινλανδός (el) m (Finlandós), Φινλανδέζα (el) f (Finlandéza) Indonesian: orang Finlandia Ingrian: soomalain Irish: Fionlannach m Italian: finlandese (it) m or f Japanese: フィンランド人 (ja) (Finrando-jin) Latvian: soms (lv) m, somiete f Lithuanian: suomis (lt) m, suomė (lt) f Northern Sami: suopmelaš Norwegian: Bokmål: finlender m, finlending m Nynorsk: finlendar (nn) m, finlending (nn) m Ojibwe: madoodoowinini anim, omakakiiwinini anim Portuguese: finlandês (pt) m, finlandesa f Romanian: finlandez (ro) m, finlandeză (ro) f Russian: финля́ндец (ru) m (finljándec), финля́ндка (ru) f (finljándka) Sami: Kildin Sami: Ла̄дтҍе̄ммьне (Lādt’’ēmm’nje) Scottish Gaelic: Fionnlainneach m Spanish: finlandés (es) m, finlandesa (es) f Swahili: Mfinlendi Swedish: finländare (sv) m or f, finländska (sv) f [note finlandssvensk (sv) m or f, finlandssvenska (sv) f Swedish Finnlander] Turkish: Finlandiyalı (tr) Venetan: finlandexe (vec) m or f Volapük: Suomiyänan (vo)

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Etymology 2

An Old and Middle Irish form of Fionn.

Proper noun

Finn (countable and uncountable, plural Finns)

1. A male given name from Irish.
2. A surname.
3. A river in County Donegal, Ireland, which joins the Mourne to form the Foyle. The same river borders onto County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, between Clady and Strabane.

Derived terms

• Finn raccoon

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Finn

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnr.

Proper noun

Finn

1. a male given name

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data:25 335 males with the given name Fnn have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Finn

Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɪn]

• Audio (Austria):

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Proper noun

Finn

1. a male given name from Danish, Norwegian, or English Finn

Usage notes

• Currently popular in Germany.

Derived terms

• Finja, Finnja

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲin̠ʲ/

Proper noun

Finn

1. vocative/genitive singular of Fionn

Mutation

Mutated forms of Finn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Finn	Fhinn	bhFinn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Finne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fin/
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

Finn m (plural Finnen)

1. Finn (person from Finland)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Finn

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnr, from finnr (“Sami”), whence also finn. Also a short form of compound names with the element. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Finnur, Swedish Finn, and Danish Find.

Proper noun

Finn m (definite Finnen)

1. a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Finna

Related terms

• finn (“Sami”)

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988), “Finn”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 99

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *finnaz. Compare Old Norse Finnr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finn/, [fin]

Proper noun

Finn m

1. Sami
2. (in the plural) Lapland

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Finn	Finnas
accusative	Finn	Finnas
genitive	Finnes	Finna
dative	Finne	Finnum

Derived terms

• Finna land
• Finnas