saksalain

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Ingrian

Etymology

From saksa (“German”) +‎ -lain. Akin to Finnish saksalainen and Estonian sakslane.

Pronunciation

Noun

saksalain

  1. German (inhabitant of Germany)
    • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 37:
      Ei saksalaisinka piä sottia, a herroinka, peremeehiinkä, rikkainka.
      They didn't fight with the Germans, but with the masters, the owners, the rich ones.
  2. German (person of German ethnicity)

Declension

Declension of saksalain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative saksalain saksalaiset
genitive saksalaisen saksalaisiin
partitive saksalaista, saksalaist saksalaisia
illative saksalaisee saksalaisii
inessive saksalaisees saksalaisiis
elative saksalaisest saksalaisist
allative saksalaiselle saksalaisille
adessive saksalaiseel saksalaisiil
ablative saksalaiselt saksalaisilt
translative saksalaiseks saksalaisiks
essive saksalaisenna, saksalaiseen saksalaisinna, saksalaisiin
exessive1) saksalaisent saksalaisint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
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