Helsingfors

English

Etymology

From Swedish Helsingfors.

Proper noun

Helsingfors

1. (obsolete) Helsinki (the capital of Finland).

Translations

Helsinki — see Helsinki

Danish

Proper noun

Helsingfors

1. (dated, now rare) Helsinki

Synonyms

• Helsinki

Norwegian Bokmål

View of Eläintarhanlahti from the west, in Helsinki, Finland.

Etymology

From Swedish Helsingfors (“Helsinki”), first part is the common place name Helsinge. Last part fors (“rapid, waterfall”), from Old Swedish fors (“torrent, stream, waterfall”), from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”), from Proto-Germanic *fursaz (“waterfall, torrent”), from Pre-Germanic *pŕ̥sos, from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“to sprinkle, splatter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlsɪŋfɔʂ/, /ˈhɛlsɪŋfɔʁs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʂ, -ɔʁs
• Hyphenation: Hel‧sing‧fors

Proper noun

Helsingfors

1. Helsinki (the capital city and urban area of Greater Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland)

References

• “Helsingfors” in Store norske leksikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Helsingfors

1. Helsinki (capital of Finland)

Swedish

Etymology

From Helsinge fors (literally “Helsinge rapids”), the original name of the rapids (now called Gammelstadsforsen) around which the city was founded. The initial part is probably derived from hals and can be compared to the initial part of Hälsingland and Helsingborg (also spelled Hälsingborg in the past).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛlsɪŋˈfɔrs/, [hɛlsɪŋˈfɔʂː]

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Proper noun

Helsingfors n (genitive Helsingfors)

1. Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)

Descendants

• → Dutch: Elsenfors