Karppinen
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
The first part is either from obsolete Finnish karppi (“a trader of the Hanseatic League; a German”), from Old Swedish garp; or in eastern Finland, from the Russian saint's name Полика́рп (Polikárp). The second part is + -nen.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Karppinen
- a Finnish surname transferred from the given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Karppinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Karppinen | Karppiset | ||
genitive | Karppisen | Karppisten Karppisien | ||
partitive | Karppista | Karppisia | ||
illative | Karppiseen | Karppisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Karppinen | Karppiset | ||
accusative | nom. | Karppinen | Karppiset | |
gen. | Karppisen | |||
genitive | Karppisen | Karppisten Karppisien | ||
partitive | Karppista | Karppisia | ||
inessive | Karppisessa | Karppisissa | ||
elative | Karppisesta | Karppisista | ||
illative | Karppiseen | Karppisiin | ||
adessive | Karppisella | Karppisilla | ||
ablative | Karppiselta | Karppisilta | ||
allative | Karppiselle | Karppisille | ||
essive | Karppisena | Karppisina | ||
translative | Karppiseksi | Karppisiksi | ||
abessive | Karppisetta | Karppisitta | ||
instructive | — | Karppisin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Karppinen is the 97th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 6,153 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.