Finne

Finne

1. plural of Fin

From Swedish finne (“Finn”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfinːe/, [ˈfinːe̞]
• Rhymes: -inːe
• Syllabification^(key): Fin‧ne
• Hyphenation^(key): Fin‧ne

Finne

1. a surname

• Finne is the 1523^rd (tied with 3 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 563 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnə/

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• Hyphenation: Fin‧ne

Borrowed from Middle Low German finne, vinne, from Old Saxon *finna, from Proto-Germanic *finnō. More at fin.

Finne f (genitive Finne, plural Finnen)

1. big dorsal fin as found in large fish and marine mammals
2. the wedge-shaped end of a hammer's head

• Finnwal

Compare Early New High German vinne (“pimple”), Middle Low German vinne, Middle Dutch vinne (Dutch vin); all share meanings related “pointed, sharp” (as in a point protruding from the skin), so relation with Finne (“fin”) is possible. The “larva” meaning arises from larvae under the skin of animals looking like raised bumps or pimples.

Finne f (genitive Finne, plural Finnen)

1. pimple, pustule
2. larva (of a parasitic worm)

• finnig

Borrowed from Swedish finne, from Old Norse Finnr (“Finn”). Related to Old English Finnas.

Finne m (weak, genitive Finnen, plural Finnen, feminine Finnin)

1. Finn (person from Finland)

   Synonym: (archaic, nowadays nonstandard) Finnländer

• Finnin
• finnisch

• Finnland

• “Finne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Finne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /ˈfin.ne/

Finne

1. dative singular of Finn