vänrikki
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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish fänrik, itself from German Fähnrich.
Pronunciation
Noun
vänrikki
- (military) The lowest officer rank in the Finnish army. The English translation used by the army is second lieutenant.
Declension
| Inflection of vänrikki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vänrikki | vänrikit | |
| genitive | vänrikin | vänrikkien | |
| partitive | vänrikkiä | vänrikkejä | |
| illative | vänrikkiin | vänrikkeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vänrikki | vänrikit | |
| accusative | nom. | vänrikki | vänrikit |
| gen. | vänrikin | ||
| genitive | vänrikin | vänrikkien | |
| partitive | vänrikkiä | vänrikkejä | |
| inessive | vänrikissä | vänrikeissä | |
| elative | vänrikistä | vänrikeistä | |
| illative | vänrikkiin | vänrikkeihin | |
| adessive | vänrikillä | vänrikeillä | |
| ablative | vänrikiltä | vänrikeiltä | |
| allative | vänrikille | vänrikeille | |
| essive | vänrikkinä | vänrikkeinä | |
| translative | vänrikiksi | vänrikeiksi | |
| abessive | vänrikittä | vänrikeittä | |
| instructive | — | vänrikein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “vänrikki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04