Virtanen
Finnish
Alternative forms
- Wirtanen
Etymology
From virta (“river, stream”) + -nen mainly in late 19th and early 20th century. Also spelled Wirtanen.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋirtɑnen/, [ˈʋirt̪ɑne̞n]
- Rhymes: -irtɑnen
- Syllabification(key): Vir‧ta‧nen
Proper noun
Virtanen
- a common surname from landscape. In 2010, the most common in Finland (barely ahead of Korhonen).[2]
Declension
| Inflection of Virtanen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Virtanen | Virtaset | |
| genitive | Virtasen | Virtasten Virtasien | |
| partitive | Virtasta | Virtasia | |
| illative | Virtaseen | Virtasiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Virtanen | Virtaset | |
| accusative | nom. | Virtanen | Virtaset |
| gen. | Virtasen | ||
| genitive | Virtasen | Virtasten Virtasien | |
| partitive | Virtasta | Virtasia | |
| inessive | Virtasessa | Virtasissa | |
| elative | Virtasesta | Virtasista | |
| illative | Virtaseen | Virtasiin | |
| adessive | Virtasella | Virtasilla | |
| ablative | Virtaselta | Virtasilta | |
| allative | Virtaselle | Virtasille | |
| essive | Virtasena | Virtasina | |
| translative | Virtaseksi | Virtasiksi | |
| instructive | — | Virtasin | |
| abessive | Virtasetta | Virtasitta | |
| comitative | — | Virtasineen | |
| Possessive forms of Virtanen (type nainen) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Virtaseni | Virtasemme |
| 2nd person | Virtasesi | Virtasenne |
| 3rd person | Virtasensa | |
Related terms
- Virta
References
- "Wirtanen" is an antiquated variant spelling listed at V in Finland (in the Finnish alphabet, the letter W is an archaic variant of V, kept for spelling old names). It is mostly found abroad for the descendants of Finnish emigrants (as of March 2010, the Finnish Population Register Center's "Surname search" reported 23600 Virtanen and 254 Wirtanen).
- "Most common surnames", Finnish Population Register Center (English version), verkkopalvelut.vrk.fi/Nimipalvelu, as of March 2010.