Finnish

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Etymology

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hyvä (good) +‎ -nen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhyʋænen/, [ˈhyʋæne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -yʋænen
  • Syllabification(key): hy‧vä‧nen

Adjective

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hyvänen

  1. good; used only as fortifier in the exclamation hyvänen aika (good heavens)

Declension

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Due to the limited usage, this word is not inflected in practice.

Further reading

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