Hannele
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed in early 20th century from German Hannele, a pet form of Johanna. The play Hannele by Gerhart Hauptmann was translated into Finnish in 1918.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɑnːele]
- Hyphenation: Han‧ne‧le
Proper noun
Hannele
- A female given name.
- 1918 Eino Kalima, Hannele, WSOY (translation of Gerhart Hauptmann's Hanneles Himmelfahrt), page 67:
- Ah, onpa hän kaunis! Kukas hän on? Matternin Hanneleko? Matternin Hannele? Sitä en usko.
- 1988 Tytti Seessalo, Mutku, Arthouse, →ISBN, page 141:
- ―Äiti! tuhahdan ja se ärtyilee miksen voi sanoa sitä "Hanneleksi", mutta mä en voi. Hanneleita on maailma piukassa, mutta mulla on vaan yks äiti, mamma. Mä olen joskus kellinyt mun äidin vatsassa ja muut Hannelet saa olla miten lystää.
- 1918 Eino Kalima, Hannele, WSOY (translation of Gerhart Hauptmann's Hanneles Himmelfahrt), page 67:
Usage notes
- Popular in Finland from the 1950s to the 1970s, particularly as a middle name.
Declension
| Inflection of Hannele (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Hannele | Hannelet | |
| genitive | Hannelen | Hannelejen | |
| partitive | Hannelea | Hanneleja | |
| illative | Hanneleen | Hanneleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Hannele | Hannelet | |
| accusative | nom. | Hannele | Hannelet |
| gen. | Hannelen | ||
| genitive | Hannelen | Hannelejen Hanneleinrare | |
| partitive | Hannelea | Hanneleja | |
| inessive | Hannelessa | Hanneleissa | |
| elative | Hannelesta | Hanneleista | |
| illative | Hanneleen | Hanneleihin | |
| adessive | Hannelella | Hanneleilla | |
| ablative | Hannelelta | Hanneleilta | |
| allative | Hannelelle | Hanneleille | |
| essive | Hannelena | Hanneleina | |
| translative | Hanneleksi | Hanneleiksi | |
| instructive | — | Hannelein | |
| abessive | Hanneletta | Hanneleitta | |
| comitative | — | Hanneleineen | |