torttu
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Mustikkatorttu (“Blueberry tart”) 
Runebergintorttu (“Runeberg's cake”) 
Kääretorttu (“Swiss roll”)
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish tårta (“torte, cake”).
Pronunciation
Noun
torttu
- tart, pie, (small) cake (type of pastry, often open-topped)
- raparperitorttu ― rhubarb tart/pie
- omenatorttu ― apple tart/pie
- (colloquial) turd (piece of excrement)
- vääntää torttu ― to push out a turd
- (slang) pie (vulva)
Usage notes
- English word torte is a "false friend" - it is usually translated as kakku into Finnish.
- The terms torttu, piirakka, leivos and kakku are overlapping.
Declension
| Inflection of torttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | torttu | tortut | |
| genitive | tortun | torttujen | |
| partitive | torttua | torttuja | |
| illative | torttuun | torttuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | torttu | tortut | |
| accusative | nom. | torttu | tortut |
| gen. | tortun | ||
| genitive | tortun | torttujen | |
| partitive | torttua | torttuja | |
| inessive | tortussa | tortuissa | |
| elative | tortusta | tortuista | |
| illative | torttuun | torttuihin | |
| adessive | tortulla | tortuilla | |
| ablative | tortulta | tortuilta | |
| allative | tortulle | tortuille | |
| essive | torttuna | torttuina | |
| translative | tortuksi | tortuiksi | |
| abessive | tortutta | tortuitta | |
| instructive | — | tortuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “torttu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03