finne

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

finne (plural finnes)

  1. Obsolete form of fin.

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse Finnr (Sami).

Noun[edit]

finne c (singular definite finnen, plural indefinite finner)

  1. Finn (person from Finland)
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Low German vinne.

Noun[edit]

finne c (singular definite finnen, plural indefinite finner)

  1. fin
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Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

finne

  1. inflection of fionn:
    1. genitive feminine singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
finne fhinne bhfinne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse Finnr (Sami).

Noun[edit]

finne m (definite singular finnen, indefinite plural finner, definite plural finnene)

  1. a Finn (person from Finland)
    Synonyms: finlender, finlending
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Low German vinne.

Noun[edit]

finne m (definite singular finnen, indefinite plural finner, definite plural finnene)

  1. fin (appendage of a fish)
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Etymology 3[edit]

From Danish finde, from Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (to go, pass; path, bridge). Cognates include Danish finde, Swedish finna, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (finþan), German finden, Dutch vinden, and English find.

Verb[edit]

finne (imperative finn, present tense finner, simple past fant, past participle funnet, present participle finnende)

  1. to find
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Swedish finne, from Old Norse finnr (Sami). Doublet of finn.

Noun[edit]

finne m (definite singular finnen, indefinite plural finnar, definite plural finnane)

  1. a Finn (person from Finland)
    Synonyms: finlendar, finlending
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Low German vinne or from German Finne (fin).

Noun[edit]

finne m (definite singular finnen, indefinite plural finnar, definite plural finnane)

  1. fin (appendage of a fish)
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Etymology 3[edit]

See finna.

Verb[edit]

finne (present tense finn, past tense fann, past participle funne, passive infinitive finnast, present participle finnande, imperative finn)

  1. Alternative form of finna
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Pennsylvania German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German vinden, from Old High German findan. Compare German finden, Dutch vinden, English find.

Verb[edit]

finne

  1. to find
  2. to furnish
    Er hot alles gfunne.He furnished everything.

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse finnr (Sami).

Noun[edit]

finne c

  1. A Finn (a person from Finland).
  2. (in particular, since the 1910s) A native speaker of Finnish from Finland.
Declension[edit]
Declension of finne 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative finne finnen finnar finnarna
Genitive finnes finnens finnars finnarnas
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Descendants[edit]
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: finne
  • German: Finne
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Low German finne or from German Finne, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *finnō. Related to English fin.

Noun[edit]

finne c

  1. pimple, zit
    Synonym: kvissla
Declension[edit]
Declension of finne 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative finne finnen finnar finnarna
Genitive finnes finnens finnars finnarnas