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).
    • 1809, quote attributed to Adolf Ivar Arwidsson:
      Svenskar äro vi inte längre, ryssar vilja vi inte bli, låt oss alltså bli finnar.
      We are no longer Swedes, we don't want to become Russians, let us therefore become Finns.
  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