# finne
## English
### Noun

finne (plural finnes)
* Obsolete form of fin.

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fenɘ/, [ˈfenɘ]
* Homophone: finde

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse Finnr (“Sami”).

#### Noun

finne c (singular definite finnen, plural indefinite finner)
* Finn (person from Finland)

##### Related terms

* Finland
* finsk

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vinne.

#### Noun

finne c (singular definite finnen, plural indefinite finner)
* fin

##### Declension
### See also

* finne on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfʲɪn̠ʲə/

### Adjective

finne
* inflection of fionn:
** genitive feminine singular
** comparative degree

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse Finnr (“Sami”).

#### Noun

finne m (definite singular finnen, indefinite plural finner, definite plural finnene)
* a Finn (person from Finland)
    Synonyms: finlender, finlending

##### Related terms

* Finland
* finlandsk, finsk

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vinne.

#### Noun

finne m (definite singular finnen, indefinite plural finner, definite plural finnene)
* fin (appendage of a fish)

##### Derived terms

* halefinne
* ryggfinne

### Etymology 3

From Danish finde, from Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”). Cognates include Danish finde, Swedish finna, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (finþan), German finden, Dutch vinden, and English find.

#### Verb

finne (imperative finn, present tense finner, simple past fant, past participle funnet, present participle finnende)
* to find

##### Derived terms

* finne opp
* finne på
* finne sted
* finne ut
* finne ut av
* finner
* frifinne
* gjenfinne
* oppfinne

##### Related terms

* funn

#### See also

* finnes

### References

* “finne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “finne” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish finne, from Old Norse finnr (“Sami”). Doublet of finn.

#### Noun

finne m (definite singular finnen, indefinite plural finnar, definite plural finnane)
* a Finn (person from Finland)
    Synonyms: finlendar, finlending

##### Derived terms

* skogfinne

##### Related terms

* Finland
* finlandsk, finsk

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vinne or from German Finne (“fin”).

#### Noun

finne m (definite singular finnen, indefinite plural finnar, definite plural finnane)
* fin (appendage of a fish)
    Synonym: ugge

##### Derived terms

* finnkval
* halefinne
* ryggfinne

### Etymology 3

See finna.

#### Verb

finne (present tense finn, past tense fann, past participle funne, passive infinitive finnast, present participle finnande, imperative finn)
* Alternative form of finna

##### Derived terms

* frifinne

### References

* “finne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Middle High German vinden, from Old High German findan. Compare German finden, Dutch vinden, English find.

### Verb

finne
* to find
* to furnish
    Er hot alles gfunne. ― He furnished everything.

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse finnr (“Sami”).

#### Noun

finne c
* A Finn (a person from Finland).
** 1809, quote attributed to Adolf Ivar Arwidsson:
    Svenskar äro vi inte längre, ryssar vilja vi inte bli, låt oss alltså bli finnar.We are no longer Swedes, we don't want to become Russians, let us therefore become Finns.
* (in particular, since the 1910s) A native speaker of Finnish from Finland.

##### Related terms

* Finland
* finsk

##### Descendants

* → Norwegian Nynorsk: finne
* → German: Finne

##### See also

* finländare

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German finne or from German Finne, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *finnō. Related to English fin.

#### Noun

finne c
* pimple, zit
    Synonym: kvissla

##### Declension
### References

* finne in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* finne in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* finne in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)