hannuhanhi
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hannu Hanhi, the Finnish name for the comic book character Gladstone Gander.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hannuhanhi (colloquial)
- lucky stiff (an unfairly lucky person)
- 2013 February 3, Anssi Miettinen, “Kuka matkii ja ketä?”, in Helsingin Sanomat[1]:
- Jo monen vuoden ajan Suomessa on kadehdittu Ruotsia, jonka taloudella menee meitä paremmin. Esimerkiksi finanssikriisistä ne hannuhanhet selvisivät vähemmin vaurioin.
- For years, Finns have envied Sweden, whose economy is doing better than ours. For example, the lucky stiffs survived the financial crisis with less damage.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of hannuhanhi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | hannuhanhi | hannuhanhet | |
genitive | hannuhanhen | hannuhanhien | |
partitive | hannuhanhea | hannuhanhia | |
illative | hannuhanheen | hannuhanhiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hannuhanhi | hannuhanhet | |
accusative | nom. | hannuhanhi | hannuhanhet |
gen. | hannuhanhen | ||
genitive | hannuhanhen | hannuhanhien | |
partitive | hannuhanhea | hannuhanhia | |
inessive | hannuhanhessa | hannuhanhissa | |
elative | hannuhanhesta | hannuhanhista | |
illative | hannuhanheen | hannuhanhiin | |
adessive | hannuhanhella | hannuhanhilla | |
ablative | hannuhanhelta | hannuhanhilta | |
allative | hannuhanhelle | hannuhanhille | |
essive | hannuhanhena | hannuhanhina | |
translative | hannuhanheksi | hannuhanhiksi | |
abessive | hannuhanhetta | hannuhanhitta | |
instructive | — | hannuhanhin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |