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. |