"-Vn" meaning in Finnish

See -Vn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ːn/
Etymology: From -hVn where the -h- has been elided between unstressed short vowels. Etymology templates: {{etymid|fi|illative}} Head templates: {{head|fi|suffix|linguistic notation|-Vn|V corresponds to the preceding vowel|cat2=case suffixes|head=-an, -en, -in, -on, -un, -yn, -än, -ön}} -an, -en, -in, -on, -un, -yn, -än, -ön (linguistic notation -Vn, V corresponds to the preceding vowel) Forms: -an [canonical], -en [canonical], -in [canonical], -on [canonical], -un [canonical], -yn [canonical], -än [canonical], -ön [canonical], -an [alternative], -en [alternative], -in [alternative], -on [alternative], -un [alternative], -yn [alternative], -än [alternative], -ön [alternative]
  1. Forms the illative singular case. Tags: morpheme Related terms: -hVn, -hin, -seen, -siin
    Sense id: en--Vn-fi-suffix-LFL0iU83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -en
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ːn/ Forms: -an [canonical], -en [canonical], -än [canonical], -an [alternative], -en [alternative], -än [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *-hën. Originally a reflexive suffix, which developed into a third-person possessive suffix in Eastern Finnish, Karelian and Ingrian. Thus this was at first found only in the eastern dialects, but adopted into the standard language in the 19th century. Etymology templates: {{etymid|fi|possessive}}, {{inh|fi|urj-fin-pro|*-sën|*-hën|id=reflexive}} Proto-Finnic *-hën Head templates: {{head|fi|suffix|linguistic notation|-Vn|V corresponds to the preceding vowel|cat2=possessive suffixes|head=-an, -en, -än}} -an, -en, -än (linguistic notation -Vn, V corresponds to the preceding vowel)
  1. The shorter third-person possessive suffix. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: -an
    Sense id: en--Vn-fi-suffix-2YhSoXdq Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 9 82 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 92 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 83 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -en
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: /ːn/ Forms: -an [canonical], -en [canonical], -in [canonical], -on [canonical], -un [canonical], -yn [canonical], -än [canonical], -ön [canonical]
Etymology: From the illative ending (-Vn, etymology 1) attached directly to the verb stem. Head templates: {{head|fi|suffix|linguistic notation|-Vn|V corresponds to the preceding vowel|cat2=inflectional suffixes|head=-an, -en, -in, -on, -un, -yn, -än, -ön}} -an, -en, -in, -on, -un, -yn, -än, -ön (linguistic notation -Vn, V corresponds to the preceding vowel), {{tlb|fi|colloquial}} (colloquial)
  1. alternative form of -maan Tags: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, morpheme Alternative form of: -maan Related terms: -nsa
    Sense id: en--Vn-fi-suffix-m2BYqqxM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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      "form": "-on",
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      "form": "-un",
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      "form": "-yn",
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Download raw JSONL data for -Vn meaning in Finnish (5.0kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Finnish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-11 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (602557e and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.