Käppi
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Possibly as a byname/nickname from käppi, a variant of käppä.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Käppi
- a Finnish surname
Declension edit
Inflection of Käppi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Käppi | Käpit | ||
genitive | Käpin | Käppien | ||
partitive | Käppiä | Käppejä | ||
illative | Käppiin | Käppeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Käppi | Käpit | ||
accusative | nom. | Käppi | Käpit | |
gen. | Käpin | |||
genitive | Käpin | Käppien | ||
partitive | Käppiä | Käppejä | ||
inessive | Käpissä | Käpeissä | ||
elative | Käpistä | Käpeistä | ||
illative | Käppiin | Käppeihin | ||
adessive | Käpillä | Käpeillä | ||
ablative | Käpiltä | Käpeiltä | ||
allative | Käpille | Käpeille | ||
essive | Käppinä | Käppeinä | ||
translative | Käpiksi | Käpeiksi | ||
abessive | Käpittä | Käpeittä | ||
instructive | — | Käpein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Käppi is the 2215th (tied with 8 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 369 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Originally an Alemannic German diminutive of Kappe.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
Käppi n or f (strong, genitive Käppis or Käppi, plural Käppis)
Usage notes edit
As a diminutive form, Käppi is originally and predominantly neuter (das Käppi). In some regions, however, including parts of western Germany, the word is commonly treated as feminine (die Käppi).
Declension edit
Declension of Käppi [neuter // feminine, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Käppi” in Duden online