Kaustinen

See also: kaustinen

Finnish

Etymology

Kaust- +‎ -inen, from the name of a local farm or holding Kausta around which the town has grown, which in turn is possibly from Old Norse Gautstafr or possibly from the gaust- seen in some Germanic names such as German Gaustrich.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯stinen/, [ˈkɑu̯s̠t̪ine̞n]
Rhymes: -ɑustinen
Syllabification^(key): Kaus‧ti‧nen

Proper noun

Kaustinen

A municipality of Central Ostrobothnia, Finland; known for its international folk music festival.
The Finnish name of the cartoon character Woodstock from Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts.

Declension

Declension of Kaustinen (type nainen)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kaustinen	–
genitive	Kaustisen	–
partitive	Kaustista	–
accusative	Kaustinen Kaustisen	–
inessive	Kaustisessa	–
elative	Kaustisesta	–
illative	Kaustiseen	–
adessive	Kaustisella	–
ablative	Kaustiselta	–
allative	Kaustiselle	–
essive	Kaustisena	–
translative	Kaustiseksi	–
instructive	–	–
abessive	Kaustisetta	–
comitative	–	–

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when talking about location; for example, "in Kaustinen" is Kaustisella. Unlike many placenames ending with -inen, Kaustinen is inflected in singular.

Anagrams

akustinen, sekuntina, tuskainen, uneksinta