hannuhanhi
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Hannu Hanhi, the Finnish name for the comic book character Gladstone Gander.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithannuhanhi (colloquial)
- lucky stiff (an unfairly lucky person)
- 2013 February 3, Anssi Miettinen, “Kuka matkii ja ketä?”, in Helsingin Sanomat[1]:
- Jo monen vuoden ajan Suomessa on kadehdittu Ruotsia, jonka taloudella menee meitä paremmin. Esimerkiksi finanssikriisistä ne hannuhanhet selvisivät vähemmin vaurioin.
- For years, Finns have envied Sweden, whose economy is doing better than ours. For example, the lucky stiffs survived the financial crisis with less damage.
Declension
editInflection of hannuhanhi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | hannuhanhi | hannuhanhet | |
genitive | hannuhanhen | hannuhanhien | |
partitive | hannuhanhea | hannuhanhia | |
illative | hannuhanheen | hannuhanhiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hannuhanhi | hannuhanhet | |
accusative | nom. | hannuhanhi | hannuhanhet |
gen. | hannuhanhen | ||
genitive | hannuhanhen | hannuhanhien | |
partitive | hannuhanhea | hannuhanhia | |
inessive | hannuhanhessa | hannuhanhissa | |
elative | hannuhanhesta | hannuhanhista | |
illative | hannuhanheen | hannuhanhiin | |
adessive | hannuhanhella | hannuhanhilla | |
ablative | hannuhanhelta | hannuhanhilta | |
allative | hannuhanhelle | hannuhanhille | |
essive | hannuhanhena | hannuhanhina | |
translative | hannuhanheksi | hannuhanhiksi | |
abessive | hannuhanhetta | hannuhanhitta | |
instructive | — | hannuhanhin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |