German

Noun

Finne m ‎(genitive Finnen, plural Finnen)

1. Finn (person from Finland)

Declension

Synonyms

• Finnländer (archaic, nowadays nonstandard)

Derived terms

• Finnin
• finnisch

Related terms

• Finnland

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German finne, vinne, from Old Saxon *finna, from Proto-Germanic *finnō. More at fin.

Noun

Finne f ‎(genitive Finne, plural Finnen)

1. big dorsal fin as found in large fish and marine mammals

Declension

Derived terms

• Finnwal

Danish

Noun

finne c (singular definite finnen, plural indefinite finner)

1. Finn (Person from Finland)

Declension

Related terms

• Finland
• finsk

Etymology 2

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

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. genitive feminine singular of fionn
2. comparative degree of fionn

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

• (person from Finland) finlending, finlender

Related terms

• Finland
• finlandsk, finsk

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

1. fin (appendage of a fish)

Derived terms

• halefinne

Etymology 3

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse finnr ‎(“Sami”).

Noun

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

1. person from Finland

Synonyms

• (person from Finland) finlending, finlendar

Related terms

• Finland
• finlandsk, finsk

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

• halefinne

Etymology 3

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of finna

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse finnr ‎(“Sami”).

Noun

finne c

1. Finn (Person from Finland)

Declension

Related terms

• Finland
• finsk

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German finne or from German Finne. Related to fin.

Noun

finne c

1. pimple, zit

Declension