Finn

See also: finn and fínn

English

Pronunciation

enPR: fĭn, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪn/
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)

A national of Finland.
A person of ethnic Finnish (Suomi) ancestry; a non-Swedish, non-Sami Finlander.
(by extension) A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.
A male given name from Old Norse.

Synonyms

(person from Finland): (dated) Finlander
(ethnic Finn): Suomi, (rare) Finnishman

Translations

ethnic Finn

Armenian: ֆինն (hy) (finn)
Belarusian: фін m (fin), фі́нка f (fínka)
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 (colloquial), poro (et) (colloquial, ethnic slur), põder (et) (colloquial, ethnic slur)
French: Finnois (fr) m, Finnoise (fr) f
Georgian: ფინელი (pineli)
German: Finne (de) m, Finnin (de) f
Hungarian: finn (hu)
Icelandic: Finni m
Ingrian: soomalain
Interlingua: finnese
Italian: finnico (it) m
Japanese: フィン人 (Fin-jin)
Khmer: ហ្វាំង (feaŋ)
Macedonian: Финец m (Finec), Финка f (Finka)
Northern Sami: láddelaš, láttán
Norwegian:
Bokmål: finne (no) m

Nynorsk: finne (nn) m, kven (nn) m
Ojibwe: madoodoowinini anim, omakakiiwinini anim
Polish: Fin (pl) m, Finka (pl) f
Portuguese: fino (pt) m
Russian: финн (ru) m (finn), фи́нка (ru) f (fínka)
Sami:
Kildin Sami: ла̄дтҍ (lādt’), ла̄дӭлаш (lād’elaš)

Skolt Sami: läʹdd
Serbo-Croatian: Finac (sh) m, Finkinja f
Slovak: Fín (sk) m, Fínka (sk) f
Slovene: Fínec (sl) m, Fínka f
Swahili: Mfini (sw)
Swedish: finne (sv) m or f, finska (sv) f
Turkish: Fin (tr)
Ukrainian: фін (uk) m (fin), фі́нка f (fínka)

national of Finland

Arabic: فِنْلَنْدِيّ m (finlandiyy), فِنْلَنْدِيَّة (ar) f (finlandiyya)
Armenian: ֆինլանդացի (hy) (finlandacʻi)
Asturian: finlandés (ast) m, finés (ast) m, finlandesa (ast) f, finesa (ast) f
Basque: finlandiar
Bulgarian: финландец m (finlandec)
Catalan: finlandès (ca) m, finlandesa (ca) f
Valencian: finlandés (ca) m, finlandesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 芬蘭人 / 芬兰人 (zh) (Fēnlán rén)
Esperanto: finnlandano
Estonian: soomlane (et), somm (colloquial), poro (et) (colloquial, ethnic slur), põder (et) (colloquial, ethnic slur)
Finnish: suomalainen (fi)
French: Finlandais (fr) m, Finlandaise (fr) f
Galician: finlandés (gl) m
Georgian: ფინელი (pineli)
German: Finnländer (de) m, Finnländerin (de) f
Greek: Φινλανδός (el) m (Finlandós), Φινλανδέζα (el) f (Finlandéza)
Indonesian: orang Finlandia
Ingrian: soomalain
Irish: Fionlannach m
Italian: finlandese (it) m or f
Japanese: フィンランド人 (ja) (Finrando-jin)
Latvian: soms (lv) m, somiete f
Lithuanian: suomis (lt) m, suomė (lt) f
Northern Sami: suopmelaš
Norwegian:
Bokmål: finlender m, finlending m

Nynorsk: finlendar (nn) m, finlending (nn) m
Ojibwe: madoodoowinini anim, omakakiiwinini anim
Portuguese: finlandês (pt) m, finlandesa f
Romanian: finlandez (ro) m, finlandeză (ro) f
Russian: финля́ндец (ru) m (finljándec), финля́ндка (ru) f (finljándka)
Sami:
Kildin Sami: Ла̄дтҍе̄ммьне (Lādt’’ēmm’nje)
Scottish Gaelic: Fionnlainneach m
Spanish: finlandés (es) m, finlandesa (es) f
Swahili: Mfinlendi
Swedish: finländare (sv) m or f, finländska (sv) f
[note finlandssvensk (sv) m or f, finlandssvenska (sv) f Swedish Finnlander]
Turkish: Finlandiyalı (tr)
Venetan: finlandexe (vec) m or f
Volapük: Suomiyänan (vo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Cherokee: ^{(please verify)} ᎠᏫᏂ (awini)
Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ფინელი (pineli)
Hawaiian: ^{(please verify)} Pinilana
Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} Suòmach m

Etymology 2

An Old and Middle Irish form of Fionn.

Proper noun

Finn (countable and uncountable, plural Finns)

A male given name from Irish.
A surname.
A river in County Donegal, Ireland, which joins the Mourne to form the Foyle. The same river borders onto County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, between Clady and Strabane.

Derived terms

Finn raccoon

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Finnr.

Proper noun

Finn

a male given name

References

[1] 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.

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [fɪn]
Audio (Austria): (file)

Proper noun

Finn

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

Usage notes

Currently popular in Germany.

Derived terms

Finja, Finnja

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Finne.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fin/
- Rhymes: -in

Noun

Finn m (plural Finnen)

Finn (person from Finland)

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)

a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Finna

Related terms

finn (“Sami”)

References

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

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /finn/, [fin]

Proper noun

Finn m

Sami
(in the plural) Lapland

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Finn	Finnas
accusative	Finn	Finnas
genitive	Finnes	Finna
dative	Finne	Finnum