svetisismi

Finnish

Etymology

< Latin Suecia (Sweden), formed in accordance with other similar terms, e.g. anglismi (Anglicism)

Noun

svetisismi

  1. A loanword from Swedish.
  2. An expression influenced by Swedish, often one that is regarded as non-standard in the target language, particularly in Finnish.

Usage notes

  • 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

Inflection of svetisismi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
instructive svetisismein
abessive svetisismittä svetisismeittä
comitative svetisismeineen
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