Finnland
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See also: Finnlånd
Faroese
Etymology
finni + land, from Old Norse Finnland
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Finnland n
Declension
| n8 -land | Singular |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Finnland |
| Accusative | |
| Dative | Finnlandi |
| Genitive | Finnlands |
Related terms
German
Etymology
From Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finne + Land.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Finnland n (proper noun, genitive Finnlands or (optionally with an article) Finnland)
- Finland (a country in Northern Europe)
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldau, Monaco, Montenegro, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Russland, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechien, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vatikanstadt, Weißrußland/Weißrussland, Zypern (Category: de:Countries in Europe)
Icelandic
Etymology
Finni + land, from Old Norse Finnland
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Finnland n
Declension
| Declension of Finnland | ||
|---|---|---|
| n-s | singular | |
| indefinite | ||
| nominative | Finnland | |
| accusative | Finnland | |
| dative | Finnlandi | |
| genitive | Finnlands | |
Related terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From finnar (“Sami, Finns”) + land.
Proper noun
Finnland n
Declension
Declension of Finnland (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)
Descendants
- Faroese: Finnland
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Finnland, Finland
- Swedish: Finland
- → Russian: Финля́ндия (Finljándija) (see there for further descendants)
- Danish: Finland
- → 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