Laine
Estonian
editEtymology
editFrom laine (“wave”).
Proper noun
editLaine
- a female given name
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom laine (“wave”) in the late 19th – early 20th century.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLaine
- a Finnish surname from landscape
Declension
editInflection of Laine (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Laine | Laineet | |
genitive | Laineen | Laineiden Laineitten | |
partitive | Lainetta | Laineita | |
illative | Laineeseen | Laineisiin Laineihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Laine | Laineet | |
accusative | nom. | Laine | Laineet |
gen. | Laineen | ||
genitive | Laineen | Laineiden Laineitten | |
partitive | Lainetta | Laineita | |
inessive | Laineessa | Laineissa | |
elative | Laineesta | Laineista | |
illative | Laineeseen | Laineisiin Laineihin | |
adessive | Laineella | Laineilla | |
ablative | Laineelta | Laineilta | |
allative | Laineelle | Laineille | |
essive | Laineena | Laineina | |
translative | Laineeksi | Laineiksi | |
abessive | Laineetta | Laineitta | |
instructive | — | Lainein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Laine is the 7th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 17,512 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.