Petteri
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Petteri
- a male given name
Usage notes edit
- A popular middle name during the second half of the 20th century.
Declension edit
Inflection of Petteri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Petteri | Petterit | ||
genitive | Petterin | Petterien Pettereiden Pettereitten | ||
partitive | Petteriä | Pettereitä Petterejä | ||
illative | Petteriin | Pettereihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Petteri | Petterit | ||
accusative | nom. | Petteri | Petterit | |
gen. | Petterin | |||
genitive | Petterin | Petterien Pettereiden Pettereitten | ||
partitive | Petteriä | Pettereitä Petterejä | ||
inessive | Petterissä | Pettereissä | ||
elative | Petteristä | Pettereistä | ||
illative | Petteriin | Pettereihin | ||
adessive | Petterillä | Pettereillä | ||
ablative | Petteriltä | Pettereiltä | ||
allative | Petterille | Pettereille | ||
essive | Petterinä | Pettereinä | ||
translative | Petteriksi | Pettereiksi | ||
abessive | Petterittä | Pettereittä | ||
instructive | — | Petterein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Petteri is the 218th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,558 male individuals (and as a middle name to 70,910 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin Petrus. The place name is a calque from Russian Питер (Piter). Akin to Finnish Pietari, Petteri.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpetːeri/, [ˈpe̞tːe̞rʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpetːeri/, [ˈpe̞tːe̞ri]
- Rhymes: -etːerʲ, -etːeri
- Hyphenation: Pet‧te‧ri
Proper noun edit
Petteri
- a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
- Saint Petersburg (a major city in Russia)
- 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
- Torgua pitivät: Petterii halkoja veittivät tali liivaa.
- They kept goods: They carried billets or sand into Saint Petersburg.
Declension edit
Declension of Petteri (type 5/vahti, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Petteri | Petterit |
genitive | Petterin | Petteriin, Petterilöin |
partitive | Petteriä | Petterijä, Petterilöjä |
illative | Petterii | Petterii, Petterilöihe |
inessive | Petteriis | Petteriis, Petterilöis |
elative | Petterist | Petteriist, Petterilöist |
allative | Petterille | Petteriille, Petterilöille |
adessive | Petteriil | Petteriil, Petterilöil |
ablative | Petterilt | Petteriilt, Petterilöilt |
translative | Petteriks | Petteriiks, Petterilöiks |
essive | Petterinnä, Petteriin | Petteriinnä, Petterilöinnä, Petteriin, Petterilöin |
exessive1) | Petterint | Petteriint, Petterilöint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Synonyms edit
References edit
Votic edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Ingrian Petteri.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Petteri
- a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
- (uncountable) Saint Petersburg (a major city in Russia)
Declension edit
Declension of Petteri (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Petteri | Petterid |
genitive | Petteri | Petterije, Petterii |
partitive | Petteriä | Petteriite, Petterii |
illative | Petteriise, Petteri | Petteriise |
inessive | Petteriz | Petteriiz |
elative | Petterisse | Petteriisse |
allative | Petterilee | Petteriile |
adessive | Petterille | Petteriille |
ablative | Petterilte | Petteriilte |
translative | Petterissi | Petteriissi |
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |