Finnish
Sauna's original tongue
Finnish refers to Finland, its people, or their language.
The Finnish language belongs to the Finno-Ugric family, unrelated to the Scandinavian languages of its neighbors.
As a noun, Finnish is the language: I'm learning Finnish.
The people are typically called Finns rather than "the Finnish."
Heated room for sweating
- MoominsFinnish troll family characters
- MidsummerSummer's peak period
- rye breadLoaf from cereal grain
- reindeerArctic deer species
Sibelius · cloudberry · Nokia · Linux · heavy metal · tango · ice swimming
Finland's capital city
- LaplandArctic northern Europe region
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- lake districtRegion with many lakes
- BalticNorthern European maritime region
taiga · boreal · tundra · Nordic · Scandinavia · EU · eurozone · independence
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- birchPale deciduous hardwood
- stoveKitchen heating appliance
rocks · sweat · cooling · lake · ice hole · relaxation · wooden · benches
Language family including Finnish
- agglutinativeMorphemes chained, roots intact
- EstonianBaltic nationality or language
- HungarianCentral European language
- SamiIndigenous Arctic Scandinavians
cases · declension · compound words · umlauts · double vowels · consonant gradation · spoken · written
Legal belonging to country
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
expatriate · Nordic · blonde · reserved · punctual · honest · coffee drinkers · equality
sauna
Heated room for sweating
Sibelius · reindeer · cloudberry · Nokia · Linux · heavy metal · tango · ice swimming
Helsinki
Finland's capital city
- LaplandArctic northern Europe region
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- lake districtRegion with many lakes
Baltic · taiga · boreal · tundra · Nordic · Scandinavia · EU · eurozone · independence
löyly
stove · rocks · sweat · cooling · lake · ice hole · relaxation · wooden · benches · ritual
Finno-Ugric
Language family including Finnish
- agglutinativeMorphemes chained, roots intact
- EstonianBaltic nationality or language
- HungarianCentral European language
Sami · cases · declension · compound words · umlauts · double vowels · consonant gradation · spoken · written · dialects
nationality
Legal belonging to country
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
diaspora · expatriate · Nordic · blonde · reserved · punctual · honest · coffee drinkers · equality · education
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- DemonymsAmerican, Australian, Canadian, British, Chinese
- European peoplesGermans, Italians, Greeks, French, Poles
- Eurasian LanguagesTurkish, Mongolian, Korean, Japanese, Kazakh
- Nordic PeoplesScandinavians, Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, Icelanders
- Finnic languagesEstonian
FinnishSwedish
Of a Nordic kingdom
Indo-European · Scandinavian · Norwegian · Danish · Germanic
Finnishstarting
Initiating an action
beginning · unfinished · incomplete · ongoing · commenced
Finnishunfinished
Not yet complete
incomplete · ongoing · in progress · started · begun
- Finnish saunasTraditional Nordic steam rooms
- Finnish LakelandLake-dense region in Scandinavia
- Finnish flagNordic country's national emblem