Finnland

See also: Finnlånd

Bavarian

Proper noun

Finnland

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Alternative forms

• Finnlånd

Faroese

Etymology

finni +‎ land, from Old Norse Finnland

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnːlant/

Proper noun

Finnland n

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Finnland
accusative	Finnland
dative	Finnlandi
genitive	Finnlands

Related terms

• finni, finnlendingur
• finskur

German

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnland, equivalent to Finne +‎ Land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnlant/

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• Rhymes: -ant

Proper noun

Finnland n (proper noun, genitive Finnlands or (optionally with an article) Finnland)

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Derived terms

• finnländisch
• Finnländer
• Finnlandisierung

Related terms

• finnisch

See also

countries in Europe: Staaten Europas (appendix)edit

• Albanien
• Andorra
• Belarus
• Belgien
• Bosnien und Herzegowina
• Bulgarien
• Dänemark
• Deutschland
• Estland
• Finnland
• Frankreich
• Griechenland
• Irland
• Island
• Italien
• Kosovo
• Kroatien
• Lettland
• Liechtenstein
• Litauen
• Luxemburg
• Malta
• Moldau
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Niederlande
• Nordmazedonien
• Norwegen
• Österreich
• Polen
• Portugal
• Rumänien
• Russland
• San Marino
• Schweden
• Schweiz
• Serbien
• Slowakei
• Slowenien
• Spanien
• Tschechien
• Ukraine
• Ungarn
• Vatikanstadt
• Vereinigtes Königreich
• Weißrussland
• Zypern

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfinlant/
• Rhymes: -inlant
• Syllabification: Finn‧land

Proper noun

Finnland n

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Related terms

• Finn
• Finnisch
• finnisch

See also

countries in Europe: ëuropäische Land (appendix)edit

• Belche
• Deitschland
• Eesterreich
• England
• Finnland
• Frankreich
• Griecheland
• Italje ~ Italia
• Luxemborrich
• Nitterlande
• Pole
• Portugal
• Russland
• Schweiz
• Spanje

References

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Finnland”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 55, column 1

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnland. By surface analysis, Finni +‎ land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnːlant/

Proper noun

Finnland n (proper noun, genitive singular Finnlands)

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Finnland (sg-only neuter)

indefinite singular
nominative	Finnland
accusative	Finnland
dative	Finnlandi
genitive	Finnlands

Related terms

• Finni
• finnskur

Old Norse

Etymology

From finnar (“Sami, Finns”) +‎ land.

Proper noun

Finnland n

1. Finland (a country in Northern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Finnland (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)

neuter	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Finnland
accusative	Finnland
dative	Finnlandi
genitive	Finnlands

Descendants

• Faroese: Finnland
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Finnland, Finland
• Swedish: Finland
  • → Russian: Финля́ндия (Finljándija) (see there for further descendants)
• Danish: Finland
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Finland
  • → Latin: Finlandia (see there for further descendants)
• → English: Finland (see there for further descendants)
• → German: Finnland

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “Finnland”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive