nähden
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]nähden
- instructive of second active infinitive of nähdä
Postposition
[edit]nähden
- in relation to, concerning [with illative]
- Muurahainen on kokoonsa nähden hurjan voimakas.
- The ant is amazingly strong in relation to its size.
- in front of, in the sight of [with genitive or (rare) possessive form]
Inflection
[edit]In the sense "in front of, in the sight of", possessive forms exist, but are uncommon. Even with the possessive forms, the pronoun is rarely if ever omitted.
| Personal/possessive forms of nähden | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | nähden | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | nähteni | nähtemme |
| 2nd person | nähtesi | nähtenne |
| 3rd person | nähtensä | |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “nähden”, 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