HIFK

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish abbreviation of the Idrotts- (“sports”) + föreningen (“club”) Kamraterna (“comrades”), Helsingfors (“Helsinki”). There are many sports clubs along the Swedish-speaking coast of SW Finland which include the words Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna in their name and their abbreviations are differentiated from each other by adding in front of the letters IFK one or two letters to indicate the hometown. In speech the word HIFK may be pronounced as one word, often adding an "i" in the end, or the letters H-I-F-K may be read out individually.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhifk(i)/, [ˈhifk(i)] (spelled as a word)
• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːˌiːˌæfˌkoː/, [ˈho̞ːˌiːˌæfˌko̞ː] (spelled letter by letter)

Proper noun

HIFK

1. A leading sports club in Helsinki, playing in the national league in several team sports.

Declension

Treated as noun:

Inflection of HIFK (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		HIFK	—
genitive		HIFKin	—
partitive		HIFKiä	—
illative		HIFKiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		HIFK	—
accusative	nom.	HIFK	—
	gen.	HIFKin
genitive		HIFKin	—
partitive		HIFKiä	—
inessive		HIFKissä	—
elative		HIFKistä	—
illative		HIFKiin	—
adessive		HIFKillä	—
ablative		HIFKiltä	—
allative		HIFKille	—
essive		HIFKinä	—
translative		HIFKiksi	—
abessive		HIFKittä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of HIFK (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative HIFKini — accusative nom. HIFKini — gen. HIFKini genitive HIFKini — partitive HIFKiäni — inessive HIFKissäni — elative HIFKistäni — illative HIFKiini — adessive HIFKilläni — ablative HIFKiltäni — allative HIFKilleni — essive HIFKinäni — translative HIFKikseni — abessive HIFKittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative HIFKisi — accusative nom. HIFKisi — gen. HIFKisi genitive HIFKisi — partitive HIFKiäsi — inessive HIFKissäsi — elative HIFKistäsi — illative HIFKiisi — adessive HIFKilläsi — ablative HIFKiltäsi — allative HIFKillesi — essive HIFKinäsi — translative HIFKiksesi — abessive HIFKittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative HIFKimme — accusative nom. HIFKimme — gen. HIFKimme genitive HIFKimme — partitive HIFKiämme — inessive HIFKissämme — elative HIFKistämme — illative HIFKiimme — adessive HIFKillämme — ablative HIFKiltämme — allative HIFKillemme — essive HIFKinämme — translative HIFKiksemme — abessive HIFKittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative HIFKinne — accusative nom. HIFKinne — gen. HIFKinne genitive HIFKinne — partitive HIFKiänne — inessive HIFKissänne — elative HIFKistänne — illative HIFKiinne — adessive HIFKillänne — ablative HIFKiltänne — allative HIFKillenne — essive HIFKinänne — translative HIFKiksenne — abessive HIFKittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative HIFKinsä — accusative nom. HIFKinsä — gen. HIFKinsä genitive HIFKinsä — partitive HIFKiään HIFKiänsä — inessive HIFKissään HIFKissänsä — elative HIFKistään HIFKistänsä — illative HIFKiinsä — adessive HIFKillään HIFKillänsä — ablative HIFKiltään HIFKiltänsä — allative HIFKilleen HIFKillensä — essive HIFKinään HIFKinänsä — translative HIFKikseen HIFKiksensä — abessive HIFKittään HIFKittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Treated as initialism:

Inflection of HIFK (Kotus type 18/maa) singular plural nominative HIFK – genitive HIFK:n – partitive HIFK:ta – accusative HIFK HIFK:n – inessive HIFK:ssa – elative HIFK:sta – illative HIFK:han – adessive HIFK:lla – ablative HIFK:lta – allative HIFK:lle – essive HIFK:na – translative HIFK:ksi – abessive HIFK:tta – instructive – – comitative – –

Derived terms

• hifkiläinen