Saksanmaa
Finnish
Etymology
From saksan (“Saxon's”, archaic) + maa (“land, country”) or Saksan (“Germmany's”) + maa. Compare Suomenmaa (“Finland”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑksɑnˌmɑː/, [ˈs̠ɑks̠ɑmˌmɑː]
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Syllabification: sak‧san‧maa
Declension
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used when talking about location; for example, "in Saksanmaa" is Saksanmaalla.
| Inflection of Saksanmaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Saksanmaa | — | |
| genitive | Saksanmaan | — | |
| partitive | Saksanmaata | — | |
| illative | Saksanmaahan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Saksanmaa | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Saksanmaa | — |
| gen. | Saksanmaan | ||
| genitive | Saksanmaan | — | |
| partitive | Saksanmaata | — | |
| inessive | Saksanmaassa | — | |
| elative | Saksanmaasta | — | |
| illative | Saksanmaahan | — | |
| adessive | Saksanmaalla | — | |
| ablative | Saksanmaalta | — | |
| allative | Saksanmaalle | — | |
| essive | Saksanmaana | — | |
| translative | Saksanmaaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Saksanmaatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Saksanmaa (type maa) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Saksanmaani | Saksanmaamme |
| 2nd person | Saksanmaasi | Saksanmaanne |
| 3rd person | Saksanmaansa | |
Derived terms
- saksanmaalainen
Related terms
- Ranskanmaa (“France”)
- Ruotsinmaa (“Sweden”)
- Suomenmaa (“Finland”)
- Venäjänmaa (“Russia”)
- Vironmaa (“Estonia”)
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