Finn

Finn

See also: finn and fínn

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: fĭn, IPA^(key): /fɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Homophone: fin

Etymology 1

From Old English Finnas (“the Sami”) (plural), from Old Norse finnr (“a hunter-gatherer”), from Proto-Germanic *finnaz (which see for more). Possibly originally meaning a ‘finder’ of food, referring to nomadic hunter-gatherers, particularly the Sami.

Noun

Finn (plural Finns)

1. A national of Finland.
2. A person of ethnic Finnish ancestry, a non-Swedish Finlander.
3. A member of another Finnic nationality, such as the Volga Finns or Perm Finns.
4. A male given name from Old Norse.

Synonyms

• (person from Finland): (dated) Finlander, (rare) Finnishman

Translations

person from Finland

Arabic: فِنْلَنْدِيّ‎ m (finlandiyy), فِنْلَنْدِيَّة‎ (ar) f (finlandiyya) Armenian: ֆինն (hy) (finn), ֆինլանդացի (hy) (finlandacʿi) Basque: finlandiar Belarusian: фін m (fin), фі́нка f (fínka) Bulgarian: финландец m (finlandec) Catalan: finlandès (ca) m, finlandesa (ca) f Valencian: finlandés (ca) m, finlandesa (ca) f Cherokee: ᎠᏫᏂ (awini) Chinese: Mandarin: 芬蘭人／芬兰人 (zh) (Fēnlán rén) Czech: Fin (cs) m, Finka (cs) f Danish: finne (da) c Dutch: Fin (nl) m, Finse (nl) f Esperanto: finno (eo) Estonian: soomlane (et), somm (slang), poro (et) (slang), põder (et) Finnish: suomalainen (fi) French: Finlandais (fr) m, Finlandaise (fr) f, (ethnicity) Finnois (fr) m, Finnoise (fr) f Galician: finlandés (gl) m Georgian: ფინელი (pineli) German: Finne (de) m, Finnin (de) f Greek: Φινλανδός (el) m (Finlandós), Φινλανδέζα (el) f (Finlandéza) Hawaiian: Pinilana Hungarian: finn (hu) Icelandic: Finni m Indonesian: orang Finlandia Ingrian: soomalain Interlingua: finnese Irish: Fionlannach m Italian: finlandese (it) m or f Japanese: フィンランド人 (ja) (Finrando-jin), フィン人 (Fin-jin) Khmer: ហ្វាំង (feaŋ) Latvian: soms m, somiete f Lithuanian: suomis (lt) m, suomė (lt) f Macedonian: Финец m (Finec), Финка f (Finka) Mansi: please add this translation if you can Northern Sami: suopmelaš (nationality), láddelaš, láttán (ethnicity) Norwegian: Bokmål: finlender m, finlending m, finne (no) m Nynorsk: finlendar (nn) m, finlending (nn) m, finne (nn) m Polish: Fin (pl) m, Finka (pl) f Portuguese: finlandês (pt) m, finlandesa f, fino (pt) m Romanian: finlandez (ro) m, finlandeză (ro) f Russian: финн (ru) m (finn), фи́нка (ru) f (fínka); финля́ндец (ru) m (finljándec), финля́ндка (ru) f (finljándka) (Finnish national of any ethnicity) Scottish Gaelic: Suòmach m, Fionnlainneach m Serbo-Croatian: Finac (sh) m, Finkinja f Slovak: Fín (sk) m, Fínka (sk) f Slovene: Fínec (sl) m, Fínka f Spanish: finlandés (es) m, finlandesa (es) f Swahili: Mfini (sw), Mfinlendi Swedish: finne (sv) m or f, finska (sv) f (Finnish-speaking Finn), finländare (sv) m or f, finländska (sv) f (any Finn), finlandssvensk (sv) m or f, finlandssvenska (sv) f (Swedish-speaking Finn) Turkish: Fin (tr), Finlandiyalı (tr) Ukrainian: фін m (fin), фі́нка f (fínka) Venetian: finlandexe (vec) m or f Volapük: (♂♀) Suomiyänan (vo), (♂) hi-Suomiyänan, (♀) ji-Suomiyänan

Etymology 2

An Old and Middle Irish form of Fionn.

Proper noun

Finn (plural Finns)

1. A male given name from Irish.
2. A surname.
3. A river in County Donegal, Ireland, tributary to the Mourne.

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnr.

Proper noun

Finn

1. a male given name

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data:25 335 males with the given name Fnn have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɪn]

• Audio (Austria)

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Proper noun

Finn

1. a male given name from Danish, Norwegian, or English Finn

Usage notes

• Currently popular in Germany.

Derived terms

• Finja, Finnja

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Finne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fin/
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

Finn m (plural Finnen)

1. Finn (person from Finland)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnr, from finnr (“Sami”), whence also finn. Also a short form of compound names with the element. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Finnur, Swedish Finn, and Danish Find.

Proper noun

Finn m (definite Finnen)

1. a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Finna

Related terms

• finn (“Sami”)

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988), “Finn”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn, →ISBN

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Old English

Alternative forms

• Fin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *finnaz. Compare Old Norse Finnr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finn/, [fin]

Proper noun

Finn m

1. Sami
2. (in the plural) Lapland

Declension

Declension of Finn (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Finn	Finnas
accusative	Finn	Finnas
genitive	Finnes	Finna
dative	Finne	Finnum

Derived terms

• Finna land
• Finnas