Nieminen
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Finnish
Etymology
Diminutive of niemi (“peninsula, cape of a lake”) + -nen mainly in late 19th and early 20th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nieminen
- a Finnish surname from landscape
Declension
| Inflection of Nieminen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Nieminen | Niemiset | |
| genitive | Niemisen | Niemisten Niemisien | |
| partitive | Niemistä | Niemisiä | |
| illative | Niemiseen | Niemisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Nieminen | Niemiset | |
| accusative | nom. | Nieminen | Niemiset |
| gen. | Niemisen | ||
| genitive | Niemisen | Niemisten Niemisien | |
| partitive | Niemistä | Niemisiä | |
| inessive | Niemisessä | Niemisissä | |
| elative | Niemisestä | Niemisistä | |
| illative | Niemiseen | Niemisiin | |
| adessive | Niemisellä | Niemisillä | |
| ablative | Niemiseltä | Niemisiltä | |
| allative | Niemiselle | Niemisille | |
| essive | Niemisenä | Niemisinä | |
| translative | Niemiseksi | Niemisiksi | |
| abessive | Niemisettä | Niemisittä | |
| instructive | — | Niemisin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Related terms
Statistics
- Nieminen is the 4th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 19,275 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.