Peetu
Finnish
editEtymology
editNickname of Pietari with formal given name status in the 21st century.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editPeetu
- a male given name from Ancient Greek
- 1996 Onnimanni,Kuullun ymmärtäminen, ET-lehti 3/1996, page 39: :
- Naapuripöydissä kävi aika metakka, kun vaari-ikäiset tohkasivat päivän teemaansa:
―Ette usko, mutta vanhimmalla pojalla on Jeppe ja Jeri...
―Ja meidän likalla Vili, ihan totta...
Suntelli huutaa:
―Serkkupojalla kirmaa Peetu ja Tomppa...- The neighboring tables had quite a racket when the grandpas were loudly talking about their topic of the day::
―You won't believe me, but my oldest son has Jeppe and Jeri...
―And our daughter has a Vili, earnestly...
Suntelli yells out:
―My cousin has Peetu and Tomppa...
- The neighboring tables had quite a racket when the grandpas were loudly talking about their topic of the day::
- 1996 Onnimanni,Kuullun ymmärtäminen, ET-lehti 3/1996, page 39: :
Declension
editInflection of Peetu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Peetu | Peetut | ||
genitive | Peetun | Peetujen | ||
partitive | Peetua | Peetuja | ||
illative | Peetuun | Peetuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Peetu | Peetut | ||
accusative | nom. | Peetu | Peetut | |
gen. | Peetun | |||
genitive | Peetun | Peetujen | ||
partitive | Peetua | Peetuja | ||
inessive | Peetussa | Peetuissa | ||
elative | Peetusta | Peetuista | ||
illative | Peetuun | Peetuihin | ||
adessive | Peetulla | Peetuilla | ||
ablative | Peetulta | Peetuilta | ||
allative | Peetulle | Peetuille | ||
essive | Peetuna | Peetuina | ||
translative | Peetuksi | Peetuiksi | ||
abessive | Peetutta | Peetuitta | ||
instructive | — | Peetuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Peetu is the 213th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,638 male individuals (and as a middle name to 183 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.