svetisismi
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Suecia (“Sweden”) + -ismi, by analogy with terms such as anglismi and latinismi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
svetisismi
- A loanword from Swedish.
- An expression influenced by Swedish, often one that is regarded as non-standard in the target language, particularly in Finnish.
- Synonym: ruotsalaisuus
Usage notes edit
- There's no established English equivalent for svetisismi, but the term "Sveticism" is used in translated articles on this topic.
- Sveticisms are particularly abundant in Finnish for two reasons: a) Finland was part of Sweden from 1323 to 1809 and b) there's a sizable Swedish minority in Finland and therefore Swedish is an official language along with Finnish.
Declension edit
Inflection of svetisismi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | svetisismi | svetisismit | ||
genitive | svetisismin | svetisismien | ||
partitive | svetisismiä | svetisismejä | ||
illative | svetisismiin | svetisismeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | svetisismi | svetisismit | ||
accusative | nom. | svetisismi | svetisismit | |
gen. | svetisismin | |||
genitive | svetisismin | svetisismien | ||
partitive | svetisismiä | svetisismejä | ||
inessive | svetisismissä | svetisismeissä | ||
elative | svetisismistä | svetisismeistä | ||
illative | svetisismiin | svetisismeihin | ||
adessive | svetisismillä | svetisismeillä | ||
ablative | svetisismiltä | svetisismeiltä | ||
allative | svetisismille | svetisismeille | ||
essive | svetisisminä | svetisismeinä | ||
translative | svetisismiksi | svetisismeiksi | ||
abessive | svetisismittä | svetisismeittä | ||
instructive | — | svetisismein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “svetisismi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03