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Afrikaans

Noun

Finne

  1. plural of Fin

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish finne (Finn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfinːe/, [ˈfinːe̞]
  • Rhymes: -inːe
  • Syllabification(key): Fin‧ne
  • Hyphenation(key): Fin‧ne

Proper noun

Finne

  1. a surname

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Statistics

  • Finne is the 1535th (tied with 1 other surname) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 556 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German finne, vinne, from Old Saxon *finna, from Proto-Germanic *finnō. More at fin.

Noun

Finne f (genitive Finne, plural Finnen)

  1. big dorsal fin as found in large fish and marine mammals
  2. the wedge-shaped end of a hammer's head
Declension
Derived terms
  • Finnwal

Etymology 2

Compare Early New High German vinne (pimple), Middle Low German vinne, Middle Dutch vinne (Dutch vin); all share meanings related “pointed, sharp” (as in a point protruding from the skin), so relation with Finne (fin) is possible. The “larva” meaning arises from larvae under the skin of animals looking like raised bumps or pimples.

Noun

Finne f (genitive Finne, plural Finnen)

  1. pimple, pustule
  2. larva (of a parasitic worm)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Swedish finne, from Old Norse Finnr (Finn). Related to Old English Finnas.

Noun

Finne m (weak, genitive Finnen, plural Finnen, feminine Finnin)

  1. Finn (person from Finland)
    Synonym: (archaic, nowadays nonstandard) Finnländer
Declension
Derived terms

Further reading

  • Finne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Finne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Old English

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Finne

  1. dative singular of Finn

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