Helsinki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛlˈsɪŋ.ki/
  • enPR: hělʹsǐngʹkē
  • (file)

Proper noun

Helsinki

  1. The capital city of Finland
    Synonym: (obsolete) Helsingfors
    • 2005, Clinton, Bill, My Life‎, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 376-377:
      My doctors didn't want me to go to Helsinki, but staying home wasn't an option. Yeltsin had been reelected and NATO was about to vote to admit Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic; we had to have an agreement on how to proceed.

Derived terms

Translations

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Helsinki

  1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Breton

Proper noun

Helsinki

  1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Danish

Proper noun

Helsinki (?)

  1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
    Synonym: (dated, rare) Helsingfors

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɦɛlˈsiŋ.ki/, (less common) /ˈɦɛlˌsiŋ.ki/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Hel‧sin‧ki

Proper noun

Helsinki n

  1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Synonyms

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from vernacular Swedish Helsinge, whence also Swedish Helsingfors.

Traditionally considered to have been named after the Swedish province of Hälsingland due to the high number of initial immigrants from there, in turn possibly from hals (“neck, throat; narrow stream”) +‎ -inge, a suffix seen in Swedish place names.

Some more recent theories instead argue that the name is derived directly from the aforementioned hals, perhaps from Old Swedish hals > Old Swedish hälsinge, referring to the rapids, which are the narrowest part of the river Vantaa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhelsiŋki/, [ˈhe̞ls̠iŋki]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -elsiŋki
  • Syllabification(key): Hel‧sin‧ki

Proper noun

Helsinki

  1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
    Synonyms: Hki, (colloquial, Helsinki) Stadi, (colloquial, rest of Finland) Hesa

Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when talking about location; for example, "in Helsinki" is Helsingissä.

Inflection of Helsinki (Kotus type 5*G/risti, nk-ng gradation)
nominative Helsinki —
genitive Helsingin —
partitive Helsinkiä —
illative Helsinkiin —
singular plural
nominative Helsinki —
accusative nom. Helsinki —
gen. Helsingin
genitive Helsingin —
partitive Helsinkiä —
inessive Helsingissä —
elative Helsingistä —
illative Helsinkiin —
adessive Helsingillä —
ablative Helsingiltä —
allative Helsingille —
essive Helsinkinä —
translative Helsingiksi —
instructive — —
abessive Helsingittä —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Helsinki (type risti)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Helsinkini —
accusative nom. Helsinkini —
gen. Helsinkini
genitive Helsinkini —
partitive Helsinkiäni —
inessive Helsingissäni —
elative Helsingistäni —
illative Helsinkiini —
adessive Helsingilläni —
ablative Helsingiltäni —
allative Helsingilleni —
essive Helsinkinäni —
translative Helsingikseni —
instructive — —
abessive Helsingittäni —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Helsinkisi —
accusative nom. Helsinkisi —
gen. Helsinkisi
genitive Helsinkisi —
partitive Helsinkiäsi —
inessive Helsingissäsi —
elative Helsingistäsi —
illative Helsinkiisi —
adessive Helsingilläsi —
ablative Helsingiltäsi —
allative Helsingillesi —
essive Helsinkinäsi —
translative Helsingiksesi —
instructive — —
abessive Helsingittäsi —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Helsinkimme —
accusative nom. Helsinkimme —
gen. Helsinkimme
genitive Helsinkimme —
partitive Helsinkiämme —
inessive Helsingissämme —
elative Helsingistämme —
illative Helsinkiimme —
adessive Helsingillämme —
ablative Helsingiltämme —
allative Helsingillemme —
essive Helsinkinämme —
translative Helsingiksemme —
instructive — —
abessive Helsingittämme —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Helsinkinne —
accusative nom. Helsinkinne —
gen. Helsinkinne
genitive Helsinkinne —
partitive Helsinkiänne —
inessive Helsingissänne —
elative Helsingistänne —
illative Helsinkiinne —
adessive Helsingillänne —
ablative Helsingiltänne —
allative Helsingillenne —
essive Helsinkinänne —
translative Helsingiksenne —
instructive — —
abessive Helsingittänne —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Helsinkinsä —
accusative nom. Helsinkinsä —
gen. Helsinkinsä
genitive Helsinkinsä —
partitive Helsinkiään
Helsinkiänsä
—
inessive Helsingissään
Helsingissänsä
—
elative Helsingistään
Helsingistänsä
—
illative Helsinkiinsä —
adessive Helsingillään
Helsingillänsä
—
ablative Helsingiltään
Helsingiltänsä
—
allative Helsingilleen
Helsingillensä
—
essive Helsinkinään
Helsinkinänsä
—
translative Helsingikseen
Helsingiksensä
—
instructive — —
abessive Helsingittään
Helsingittänsä
—
comitative — —

French

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɛl.siŋ.ki/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Helsinki f

  1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Helsinki n (proper noun, genitive Helsinkis or (optionally with an article) Helsinki)

  1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛlsiŋki]
  • Hyphenation: Hel‧sin‧ki
  • Rhymes: -ki

Proper noun

Helsinki

  1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Helsinki —
accusative Helsinkit —
dative Helsinkinek —
instrumental Helsinkivel —
causal-final Helsinkiért —
translative Helsinkivé —
terminative Helsinkiig —
essive-formal Helsinkiként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Helsinkiben —
superessive Helsinkin —
adessive Helsinkinél —
illative Helsinkibe —
sublative Helsinkire —
allative Helsinkihez —
elative Helsinkiből —
delative Helsinkiről —
ablative Helsinkitől —
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Helsinkié —
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Helsinkiéi —
Possessive forms of Helsinki
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Helsinkim —
2nd person sing. Helsinkid —
3rd person sing. Helsinkije —
1st person plural Helsinkink —
2nd person plural Helsinkitek —
3rd person plural Helsinkijük —

Derived terms

  • helsinki

Icelandic

Proper noun

Helsinki n

  1. Helsinki (the capital of Finland)

Latvian

Proper noun

Helsinki m pl (1st declension)

  1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Declension

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɛlˈsiŋ.ki/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iŋki
  • Syllabification: Hel‧sin‧ki

Proper noun

Helsinki nvir

  1. (plural only) Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
  • helsinka
  • helsińczyk

Further reading

  • Helsinki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Helsinki in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Helsinki f

  1. Alternative form of Helsinque

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Helsinki m (Cyrillic spelling Хелсинки)

  1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛɫsiŋki/

Proper noun

Helsinki f pl (genitive singular Helsínk, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Helsinki in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xelˈsinki/ [xelˈsĩŋ.ki]
  • Rhymes: -inki
  • Syllabification: Hel‧sin‧ki

Proper noun

Helsinki ?

  1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Turkish

Etymology

From Finnish Helsinki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hælˈsinci]
  • Hyphenation: hel‧sin‧ki

Proper noun

Helsinki

  1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Helsinkili

Võro

Proper noun

Helsinki (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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