Helsinky

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki, reanalysed as a plural because of the /ɪ/ ending.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛlsɪŋkɪ]

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪ
• Hyphenation: Hel‧sin‧ky

Proper noun

Helsinky f pl (relational adjective helsinský, demonym Helsinčan, female demonym Helsinčanka)

1. Helsinki (the capital and largest city of Finland)

Declension

Declension of Helsinky (pl-only hard feminine mixed-reducible)

	plural
nominative	Helsinky
genitive	Helsinek, Helsink1
dative	Helsinkám
accusative	Helsinky
vocative	Helsinky
locative	Helsinkách
instrumental	Helsinkami

¹Uncommon.

Further reading

• “Helsinky”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Helsinky” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “Helsinky”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)