Helsinki
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Finnish Helsinki.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHelsinki
- The capital city of Finland
- Synonym: (obsolete) Helsingfors
- 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life[1], volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 376–377:
- My doctors didn't want me to go to Helsinki, but staying home wasn't an option. Yeltsin had been reelected and NATO was about to vote to admit Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic; we had to have an agreement on how to proceed.
Derived terms
editTranslations
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Afrikaans
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Finnish Helsinki.
Proper noun
editHelsinki
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Derived terms
editAzerbaijani
editProper noun
editHelsinki
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Breton
editProper noun
editHelsinki
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Danish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editHelsinki (?)
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
- Synonym: (dated, rare) Helsingfors
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Finnish Helsinki.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHelsinki n
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Synonyms
edit- Elsenfors (obsolete)
Finnish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from vernacular Swedish Helsinge, itself probably derived from *hälsing- (found in e.g. Hälsingland, Helsingborg ~ Hälsingborg), a derivative of hals (literally “neck”) (perhaps Old Swedish hals > hälsinge), here referring to a narrow part of a flowing body of water. Helsinki is located on the delta of the river Vantaa, so the name would refer to the rapids of that river. Indeed, Vanhankaupunginkoski, the rapids around which Helsinki was founded, was called Helsinge fors (literally “Helsinki rapids”) in older sources; this is also the origin of the current Swedish name Helsingfors.
In the past the city was considered to have been named after the Swedish province of Hälsingland, on the grounds that Helsinki would have initially been settled by people from Hälsingland, but this is not held to be likely anymore (instead, the largest group seems to have been those from Uppland).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈhelsiŋki/, [ˈhe̞ls̠iŋk̟i]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -elsiŋki
- Syllabification(key): Hel‧sin‧ki
Proper noun
editHelsinki
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Declension
editThe internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Helsinki" is Helsingissä.
Inflection of Helsinki (Kotus type 5*G/risti, nk-ng gradation) | |||
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nominative | Helsinki | — | |
genitive | Helsingin | — | |
partitive | Helsinkiä | — | |
illative | Helsinkiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Helsinki | — | |
accusative | nom. | Helsinki | — |
gen. | Helsingin | ||
genitive | Helsingin | — | |
partitive | Helsinkiä | — | |
inessive | Helsingissä | — | |
elative | Helsingistä | — | |
illative | Helsinkiin | — | |
adessive | Helsingillä | — | |
ablative | Helsingiltä | — | |
allative | Helsingille | — | |
essive | Helsinkinä | — | |
translative | Helsingiksi | — | |
abessive | Helsingittä | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
editFrench
editPronunciation
edit- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɛl.siŋ.ki/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
editHelsinki f
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
German
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editHelsinki n (proper noun, genitive Helsinkis or (optionally with an article) Helsinki)
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editHelsinki
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Declension
editInflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Helsinki | — |
accusative | Helsinkit | — |
dative | Helsinkinek | — |
instrumental | Helsinkivel | — |
causal-final | Helsinkiért | — |
translative | Helsinkivé | — |
terminative | Helsinkiig | — |
essive-formal | Helsinkiként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Helsinkiben | — |
superessive | Helsinkin | — |
adessive | Helsinkinél | — |
illative | Helsinkibe | — |
sublative | Helsinkire | — |
allative | Helsinkihez | — |
elative | Helsinkiből | — |
delative | Helsinkiről | — |
ablative | Helsinkitől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Helsinkié | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Helsinkiéi | — |
Possessive forms of Helsinki | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Helsinkim | — |
2nd person sing. | Helsinkid | — |
3rd person sing. | Helsinkije | — |
1st person plural | Helsinkink | — |
2nd person plural | Helsinkitek | — |
3rd person plural | Helsinkijük | — |
Derived terms
editIcelandic
editProper noun
editHelsinki n
Latvian
editProper noun
editHelsinki m pl (1st declension)
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Declension
editsingular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | — | Helsinki |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | Helsinkus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | Helsinku |
dative (datīvs) | — | Helsinkiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | Helsinkiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | — | Helsinkos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | Helsinki |
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Finnish Helsinki.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHelsinki nvir pl (related adjective helsiński)
- Helsinki (the capital city of Uusimaa, Finland)
Declension
editplural | |
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nominative | Helsinki |
genitive | Helsinek |
dative | Helsinkom |
accusative | Helsinki |
instrumental | Helsinkami |
locative | Helsinkach |
vocative | Helsinki |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editPortuguese
editProper noun
editHelsinki f
- Alternative form of Helsinque
Serbo-Croatian
editProper noun
editHèlsinki m (Cyrillic spelling Хѐлсинки)
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Slovak
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Finnish Helsinki.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHelsinki f pl
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Declension
editplurale tantum | |
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nominative | Helsinki |
genitive | Helsínk |
dative | Helsinkám |
accusative | Helsinki |
locative | Helsinkách |
instrumental | Helsinkami |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “Helsinki”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editHelsinki ?
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Related terms
editTurkish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editHelsinki
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | Helsinki | Helsinkiler / Helsinki'ler |
accusative | Helsinki'yi | Helsinkileri / Helsinki'leri |
dative | Helsinki'ye | Helsinkilere / Helsinki'lere |
locative | Helsinki'de | Helsinkilerde / Helsinki'lerde |
ablative | Helsinki'den | Helsinkilerden / Helsinki'lerden |
genitive | Helsinki'nin | Helsinkilerin / Helsinki'lerin |
singular | plural | |
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benim (my) | Helsinki'm | Helsinkilerim / Helsinki'lerim |
senin (your) | Helsinki'n | Helsinkilerin / Helsinki'lerin |
onun (his/her/its) | Helsinki'si | Helsinkileri / Helsinki'leri |
bizim (our) | Helsinki'miz | Helsinkilerimiz / Helsinki'lerimiz |
sizin (your) | Helsinki'niz | Helsinkileriniz / Helsinki'leriniz |
onların (their) | Helsinki'si / Helsinkileri / Helsinki'leri | Helsinkileri / Helsinki'leri |
Derived terms
editVõro
editProper noun
editHelsinki (genitive Helsinki, partitive Helsinkit)
- Helsinki (the capital city of Finland)
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
- English terms borrowed from Finnish
- English terms derived from Finnish
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Helsinki
- en:Cities in Finland
- en:National capitals
- en:Places in Finland
- English terms with quotations
- Afrikaans terms borrowed from Finnish
- Afrikaans terms derived from Finnish
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Helsinki
- af:Cities in Finland
- af:National capitals
- af:Places in Finland
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani proper nouns
- az:Helsinki
- az:Cities in Finland
- az:National capitals
- az:Places in Finland
- Breton lemmas
- Breton proper nouns
- br:Helsinki
- br:Cities in Finland
- br:National capitals
- br:Places in Finland
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Helsinki
- da:Cities in Finland
- da:National capitals
- da:Places in Finland
- Dutch terms borrowed from Finnish
- Dutch terms derived from Finnish
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Helsinki
- nl:Cities in Finland
- nl:National capitals
- nl:Places in Finland
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Finnish/elsiŋki
- Rhymes:Finnish/elsiŋki/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Helsinki
- fi:Cities in Finland
- fi:National capitals
- fi:Places in Finland
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- fi:Municipalities of Finland
- French terms with aspirated h
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French terms spelled with K
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Helsinki
- fr:Cities in Finland
- fr:National capitals
- fr:Places in Finland
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Helsinki
- de:Cities in Finland
- de:National capitals
- de:Places in Finland
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with manual IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ki
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ki/3 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Helsinki
- hu:Cities in Finland
- hu:National capitals
- hu:Places in Finland
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- is:Helsinki
- is:Cities in Finland
- is:National capitals
- is:Places in Finland
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian masculine nouns
- Latvian pluralia tantum
- lv:Helsinki
- lv:Cities in Finland
- lv:National capitals
- lv:Places in Finland
- Latvian first declension nouns
- Latvian noun forms
- Polish terms derived from Swedish
- Polish terms borrowed from Finnish
- Polish terms derived from Finnish
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/iŋki
- Rhymes:Polish/iŋki/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish nonvirile nouns
- Polish pluralia tantum
- pl:Helsinki
- pl:Cities in Uusimaa, Finland
- pl:Cities in Finland
- pl:Regional capitals of Finland
- pl:Places in Uusimaa, Finland
- pl:Places in Finland
- Polish exonyms
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Helsinki
- sh:Cities in Finland
- sh:National capitals
- sh:Places in Finland
- Slovak terms borrowed from Finnish
- Slovak terms derived from Finnish
- Slovak 3-syllable words
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak feminine nouns
- Slovak pluralia tantum
- sk:Helsinki
- sk:Cities in Finland
- sk:National capitals
- sk:Places in Finland
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/inki
- Rhymes:Spanish/inki/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with K
- es:Helsinki
- es:Cities in Finland
- es:National capitals
- es:Places in Finland
- Turkish terms borrowed from Finnish
- Turkish terms derived from Finnish
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Helsinki
- tr:Cities in Finland
- tr:National capitals
- tr:Places in Finland
- Võro lemmas
- Võro proper nouns
- vro:Helsinki
- vro:Cities in Finland
- vro:National capitals
- vro:Places in Finland