maisteri
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swedish magister, from Latin magister.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]maisteri
- Formally, a degree earned in a Finnish university roughly corresponding to the master's degree. It generally requires about five years' full-time studies, including a thesis. It is normally accompanied with a specification of the branch of art or science.
- valtiotieteen maisteri ― master of political science
- A corresponding degree in a foreign university.
- (dated) A formal way to address someone, or refer to someone, who has the degree.
- Minun ehdokkaani puheenjohtajaksi on maisteri Andersson.
- My candidate for the chairman is (master) Andersson.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of maisteri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | maisteri | maisterit | |
genitive | maisterin | maisterien maistereiden maistereitten | |
partitive | maisteria | maistereita maistereja | |
illative | maisteriin | maistereihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | maisteri | maisterit | |
accusative | nom. | maisteri | maisterit |
gen. | maisterin | ||
genitive | maisterin | maisterien maistereiden maistereitten | |
partitive | maisteria | maistereita maistereja | |
inessive | maisterissa | maistereissa | |
elative | maisterista | maistereista | |
illative | maisteriin | maistereihin | |
adessive | maisterilla | maistereilla | |
ablative | maisterilta | maistereilta | |
allative | maisterille | maistereille | |
essive | maisterina | maistereina | |
translative | maisteriksi | maistereiksi | |
abessive | maisteritta | maistereitta | |
instructive | — | maisterein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “maisteri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Categories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑisteri
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑisteri/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish dated terms
- Finnish paperi-type nominals