filisteri

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Finnish

Etymology

From German Philister (Philistine); see English Philistine for further etymology.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfilisteri/,
  • Rhymes: -eri
  • Hyphenation(key): fi‧lis‧te‧ri

Noun

filisteri

  1. (derogatory, rare) a philistine (person lacking appreciation of culture)
  2. (archaic) a term used by academics of someone who has not studied at a university

Declension

Inflection of filisteri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative filisteri filisterit
genitive filisterin filisterien
filistereiden
filistereitten
partitive filisteriä filistereitä
filisterejä
illative filisteriin filistereihin
singular plural
nominative filisteri filisterit
accusative nom. filisteri filisterit
gen. filisterin
genitive filisterin filisterien
filistereiden
filistereitten
partitive filisteriä filistereitä
filisterejä
inessive filisterissä filistereissä
elative filisteristä filistereistä
illative filisteriin filistereihin
adessive filisterillä filistereillä
ablative filisteriltä filistereiltä
allative filisterille filistereille
essive filisterinä filistereinä
translative filisteriksi filistereiksi
abessive filisterittä filistereittä
instructive filisterein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of filisteri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

Synonyms