funkis

English

Adjective

funkis (comparative more funkis, superlative most funkis)

  1. Pertaining to a Scandinavian style of functionalist architecture.
    • 2010, Margaret Hayford O'Leary, Culture and Customs of Norway, p. 191:
      Funkis buildings can be identified by their flat roofs, large, flat surfaces, curved walls, geometric shapes, horizontal bands of windows, flexible interiors, and lack of excess decorations.
    • 2014, Richard Orange, The Guardian, 18 March:
      It moves on next month to include two further nesting boxes, both fitted out in Scandinavia's trademark Funkis architectural style, where Klann hopes the show's feathered stars will hatch and rear their young.
    • 2016, Philip Roughton, translating Steinumm Sigurðardóttir, The Good Lover, World Editions 2016, p. 19:
      A two-story house, so strictly funkis that he named it monkish, and earned top points from his girlfriend for it.

Finnish

Alternative forms

Noun

funkis

  1. (architecture) functionalism (doctrine in architecture stating that an architectural design should be based on the function or purpose of the designed object)

Declension

Inflection of funkis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative funkis
genitive funkiksen
partitive funkista
illative funkikseen
singular plural
nominative funkis
accusative nom. funkis
gen. funkiksen
genitive funkiksen
partitive funkista
inessive funkiksessa
elative funkiksesta
illative funkikseen
adessive funkiksella
ablative funkikselta
allative funkikselle
essive funkiksena
translative funkikseksi
instructive
abessive funkiksetta
comitative

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Swedish

Etymology 1

Clipping of funktionalism + -is.

Noun

funkis c

  1. (colloquial) functionalism, a modernistic (1930s) style in architecture and interior decoration guided by function

Declension

Declension of funkis 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative funkis funkisen
Genitive funkiss funkisens

Etymology 2

Clipping of funktionshindrad + -is.

Noun

funkis c

  1. (colloquial) a crip, a disabled person

Declension

Declension of funkis 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative funkis funkisen funkisar funkisarna
Genitive funkis funkisens funkisars funkisarnas
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