finne

English

Noun

finne (plural finnes)

1. Obsolete form of fin.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fenɘ/,
• Homophone: finde

Etymology 1

From Old Norse Finnr (“Sami”).

Noun

finne c (singular definite finnen, plural indefinite finner)

1. Finn (person from Finland)

Declension

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vinne.

Noun

finne c (singular definite finnen, plural indefinite finner)

1. fin

Declension

See also

• finne on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɪn̠ʲə/

Adjective

finne

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

Mutation

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse Finnr (“Sami”).

Noun

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

1. a Finn (person from Finland)

   Synonyms: finlender, finlending

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vinne.

Noun

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

1. fin (appendage of a fish)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

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

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

1. to find

Derived terms

Related terms

• funn

See also

• finnes

References

• “finne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “finne” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. a Finn (person from Finland)

   Synonyms: finlendar, finlending

Derived terms

• skogfinne

Related terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

1. fin (appendage of a fish)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

See finna.

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of finna

Derived terms

• frifinne

References

• “finne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

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

Verb

finne

1. to find
2. to furnish

   Er hot alles gfunne. ― He furnished everything.

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse finnr (“Sami”).

Noun

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

Related terms

Descendants

• → Norwegian Nynorsk: finne
• → German: Finne

See also

• finländare

Etymology 2

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

Noun

finne c

1. pimple, zit

   Synonym: kvissla

Declension