Finnland

See also: Finnlånd

Faroese

Etymology

finni +‎ land, from Old Norse Finnland

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪnːlant/

Proper noun

Finnland n

  1. Finland

Declension
n8 -land Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Finnland
Accusative
Dative Finnlandi
Genitive Finnlands

German

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finne +‎ Land.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪnlant/
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Proper noun

Finnland n (proper noun, genitive Finnlands or (optionally with an article) Finnland)

  1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

Finni +‎ land, from Old Norse Finnland

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪnːlant/

Proper noun

Finnland n

  1. Finland

Declension
declension of Finnland
n-s singular
indefinite
nominative Finnland
accusative Finnland
dative Finnlandi
genitive Finnlands

Old Norse

Etymology

From finnar (“Sami, Finns”) +‎ land.

Proper noun

Finnland n

  1. Finland

Declension
  Declension of Finnland (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)
neuter singular
indefinite
nominative Finnland
accusative Finnland
dative Finnlandi
genitive Finnlands

Descendants
  • Faroese: Finnland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Finnland, Finland
  • Swedish: Finland
  • Danish: Finland
    • Norwegian Bokmål: Finland
    • → Latin: Finlandia (see there for further descendants)
  • → English: Finland (see there for further descendants)
  • → German: Finnland

References
  • “Finnland”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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