Äänekoski

Finnish

Etymology

ääne- +‎ koski (“rapids”). According to Terho Itkonen, the ääne- element comes from a Sami root *eanē- "big", compare Northern Sami eanas (“most”), later corrupted by Finnic settlers into the word ääni (“sound”) (in the local dialect pronounced as eäni) and interpreted as referring to the sound of the rapids. The settlement is named after the rapids.

The toponym has been attested since c. 1455, Ænækoski laxefiskeri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæːneˣˌkoski/, [ˈæːne̞k̚ˌko̞s̠k̟i]
• Rhymes: -oski
• Hyphenation^(key): Ääne‧koski

Proper noun

Äänekoski

1. A town in central Finland.

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Äänekoski" is Äänekoskella.

Inflection of Äänekoski (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
nominative		Äänekoski	—
genitive		Äänekosken	—
partitive		Äänekoskea	—
illative		Äänekoskeen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Äänekoski	—
accusative	nom.	Äänekoski	—
	gen.	Äänekosken
genitive		Äänekosken	—
partitive		Äänekoskea	—
inessive		Äänekoskessa	—
elative		Äänekoskesta	—
illative		Äänekoskeen	—
adessive		Äänekoskella	—
ablative		Äänekoskelta	—
allative		Äänekoskelle	—
essive		Äänekoskena	—
translative		Äänekoskeksi	—
abessive		Äänekosketta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Äänekoski (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Äänekoskeni — accusative nom. Äänekoskeni — gen. Äänekoskeni genitive Äänekoskeni — partitive Äänekoskeani — inessive Äänekoskessani — elative Äänekoskestani — illative Äänekoskeeni — adessive Äänekoskellani — ablative Äänekoskeltani — allative Äänekoskelleni — essive Äänekoskenani — translative Äänekoskekseni — abessive Äänekoskettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Äänekoskesi — accusative nom. Äänekoskesi — gen. Äänekoskesi genitive Äänekoskesi — partitive Äänekoskeasi — inessive Äänekoskessasi — elative Äänekoskestasi — illative Äänekoskeesi — adessive Äänekoskellasi — ablative Äänekoskeltasi — allative Äänekoskellesi — essive Äänekoskenasi — translative Äänekoskeksesi — abessive Äänekoskettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Äänekoskemme — accusative nom. Äänekoskemme — gen. Äänekoskemme genitive Äänekoskemme — partitive Äänekoskeamme — inessive Äänekoskessamme — elative Äänekoskestamme — illative Äänekoskeemme — adessive Äänekoskellamme — ablative Äänekoskeltamme — allative Äänekoskellemme — essive Äänekoskenamme — translative Äänekoskeksemme — abessive Äänekoskettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Äänekoskenne — accusative nom. Äänekoskenne — gen. Äänekoskenne genitive Äänekoskenne — partitive Äänekoskeanne — inessive Äänekoskessanne — elative Äänekoskestanne — illative Äänekoskeenne — adessive Äänekoskellanne — ablative Äänekoskeltanne — allative Äänekoskellenne — essive Äänekoskenanne — translative Äänekoskeksenne — abessive Äänekoskettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Äänekoskensa — accusative nom. Äänekoskensa — gen. Äänekoskensa genitive Äänekoskensa — partitive Äänekoskeaan Äänekoskeansa — inessive Äänekoskessaan Äänekoskessansa — elative Äänekoskestaan Äänekoskestansa — illative Äänekoskeensa — adessive Äänekoskellaan Äänekoskellansa — ablative Äänekoskeltaan Äänekoskeltansa — allative Äänekoskelleen Äänekoskellensa — essive Äänekoskenaan Äänekoskenansa — translative Äänekoskekseen Äänekoskeksensa — abessive Äänekoskettaan Äänekoskettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• äänekoskelainen

 

Descendants

• → English: Äänekoski
• → Swedish: Äänekoski

References

• Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN, page 531