Helsinki
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Helsinki
- The capital city of Finland
- Synonym: (obsolete) Helsingfors
- 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life[1], volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 376–377:
- My doctors didn't want me to go to Helsinki, but staying home wasn't an option. Yeltsin had been reelected and NATO was about to vote to admit Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic; we had to have an agreement on how to proceed.
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Translations edit
the capital city of Finland
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Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki.
Proper noun edit
Helsinki
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
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Azerbaijani edit
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Helsinki
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Breton edit
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Helsinki
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Danish edit
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Helsinki (?)
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
- Synonym: (dated, rare) Helsingfors
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Helsinki n
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Synonyms edit
- Elsenfors (obsolete)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from vernacular Swedish Helsinge, itself probably derived from *hälsing- (found in e.g. Hälsingland, Helsingborg ~ Hälsingborg), a derivative of hals (literally “neck”) (perhaps Old Swedish hals > hälsinge), here referring to a narrow part of a flowing body of water. Helsinki is located on the delta of the river Vantaa, so the name would refer to the rapids of that river. Indeed, Vanhankaupunginkoski, the rapids around which Helsinki was founded, was called Helsinge fors (literally “Helsinki rapids”) in older sources; this is also the origin of the current Swedish name Helsingfors.
In the past the city was considered to have been named after the Swedish province of Hälsingland, on the grounds that Helsinki would have initially been settled by people from Hälsingland, but this is not held to be likely anymore (instead, the largest group seems to have been those from Uppland).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈhelsiŋki/, [ˈhe̞ls̠iŋk̟i]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -elsiŋki
- Syllabification(key): Hel‧sin‧ki
Proper noun edit
Helsinki
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Declension edit
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Helsinki" is Helsingissä.
| Inflection of Helsinki (Kotus type 5*G/risti, nk-ng gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Helsinki | — | ||
| genitive | Helsingin | — | ||
| partitive | Helsinkiä | — | ||
| illative | Helsinkiin | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Helsinki | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Helsinki | — | |
| gen. | Helsingin | |||
| genitive | Helsingin | — | ||
| partitive | Helsinkiä | — | ||
| inessive | Helsingissä | — | ||
| elative | Helsingistä | — | ||
| illative | Helsinkiin | — | ||
| adessive | Helsingillä | — | ||
| ablative | Helsingiltä | — | ||
| allative | Helsingille | — | ||
| essive | Helsinkinä | — | ||
| translative | Helsingiksi | — | ||
| abessive | Helsingittä | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɛl.siŋ.ki/
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Helsinki f
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
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Audio (file)
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Helsinki n (proper noun, genitive Helsinkis or (optionally with an article) Helsinki)
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
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Helsinki
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Helsinki | — |
| accusative | Helsinkit | — |
| dative | Helsinkinek | — |
| instrumental | Helsinkivel | — |
| causal-final | Helsinkiért | — |
| translative | Helsinkivé | — |
| terminative | Helsinkiig | — |
| essive-formal | Helsinkiként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Helsinkiben | — |
| superessive | Helsinkin | — |
| adessive | Helsinkinél | — |
| illative | Helsinkibe | — |
| sublative | Helsinkire | — |
| allative | Helsinkihez | — |
| elative | Helsinkiből | — |
| delative | Helsinkiről | — |
| ablative | Helsinkitől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Helsinkié | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Helsinkiéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Helsinki | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Helsinkim | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Helsinkid | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Helsinkije | — |
| 1st person plural | Helsinkink | — |
| 2nd person plural | Helsinkitek | — |
| 3rd person plural | Helsinkijük | — |
Derived terms edit
Icelandic edit
Proper noun edit
Helsinki n
Latvian edit
Proper noun edit
Helsinki m pl (1st declension)
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Declension edit
Declension of Helsinki (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | — | Helsinki |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | Helsinkus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | Helsinku |
| dative (datīvs) | — | Helsinkiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | Helsinkiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | — | Helsinkos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | Helsinki |
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Helsinki nvir pl (related adjective helsiński)
- Helsinki (the capital city of Uusimaa, Finland)
Declension edit
Declension of Helsinki
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Helsinki |
| genitive | Helsinek |
| dative | Helsinkom |
| accusative | Helsinki |
| instrumental | Helsinkami |
| locative | Helsinkach |
| vocative | Helsinki |
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nouns
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Helsinki f
- Alternative form of Helsinque
Serbo-Croatian edit
Proper noun edit
Hèlsinki m (Cyrillic spelling Хѐлсинки)
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Helsinki f pl (genitive singular Helsínk, declension pattern of žena)
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Declension edit
Declension of Helsinki
| plurale tantum | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Helsinki |
| genitive | Helsínk |
| dative | Helsinkám |
| accusative | Helsinki |
| locative | Helsinkách |
| instrumental | Helsinkami |
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References edit
- “Helsinki”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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Helsinki ?
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
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Etymology edit
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Helsinki
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Declension edit
Declension of Helsinki
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Helsinki | Helsinkiler / Helsinki'ler |
| accusative | Helsinki'yi | Helsinkileri / Helsinki'leri |
| dative | Helsinki'ye | Helsinkilere / Helsinki'lere |
| locative | Helsinki'de | Helsinkilerde / Helsinki'lerde |
| ablative | Helsinki'den | Helsinkilerden / Helsinki'lerden |
| genitive | Helsinki'nin | Helsinkilerin / Helsinki'lerin |
Possession of Helsinki
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Helsinki'm | Helsinkilerim / Helsinki'lerim |
| senin (your) | Helsinki'n | Helsinkilerin / Helsinki'lerin |
| onun (his/her/its) | Helsinki'si | Helsinkileri / Helsinki'leri |
| bizim (our) | Helsinki'miz | Helsinkilerimiz / Helsinki'lerimiz |
| sizin (your) | Helsinki'niz | Helsinkileriniz / Helsinki'leriniz |
| onların (their) | Helsinki'si / Helsinkileri / Helsinki'leri | Helsinkileri / Helsinki'leri |
Derived terms edit
Võro edit
Proper noun edit
Helsinki (genitive Helsinki, partitive Helsinkit)
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.