Niskanen
Finnish
Etymology
From niska (“neck”) in topographic terms such as joen niska ("source of a river") and mäen niska ("hill crest"), possibly also as a nickname for somebody with a thick, crooked etc. neck + -nen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈniskɑnen/, [ˈnis̠kɑne̞n]
- Hyphenation: Nis‧ka‧nen
Declension
| Inflection of Niskanen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Niskanen | Niskaset | |
| genitive | Niskasen | Niskasten Niskasien | |
| partitive | Niskasta | Niskasia | |
| illative | Niskaseen | Niskasiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Niskanen | Niskaset | |
| accusative | nom. | Niskanen | Niskaset |
| gen. | Niskasen | ||
| genitive | Niskasen | Niskasten Niskasien | |
| partitive | Niskasta | Niskasia | |
| inessive | Niskasessa | Niskasissa | |
| elative | Niskasesta | Niskasista | |
| illative | Niskaseen | Niskasiin | |
| adessive | Niskasella | Niskasilla | |
| ablative | Niskaselta | Niskasilta | |
| allative | Niskaselle | Niskasille | |
| essive | Niskasena | Niskasina | |
| translative | Niskaseksi | Niskasiksi | |
| instructive | — | Niskasin | |
| abessive | Niskasetta | Niskasitta | |
| comitative | — | Niskasineen | |
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