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Reversible Compound Words – Finnish vocabulary

May 2, 2023

The compound words in this article are REVERSIBLE! Find out what this means and how e.g. RIISIPUURO and PUURORIISI differ in meaning!

Compound Adjectives: hyvännäköinen mutta pahanhajuinen

March 30, 2021

Adjectives

Compound adjectives like kauniinvärinen, hauskannäköinen, talon korkuinen ja sadan euron arvoinen are fairly common in Finnish. Learn more now!

Mustamakkara Uusi-Seelanti – Finnish Double Inflection

February 23, 2020

Interesting inflection

Finnish has some compound words that get endings added to them TWICE. For example, mustamakkara becomes e.g. mustastamakkasta and mustanmakkaran. Learn more!

Ruokaruoka Pikapikaa – Double Words – Reduplication

November 13, 2019

Interesting Words

Are you eating your food-food fast-fast? Syötkö ruokaruokaasi pikapikaa? Learn more about reduplication and its functions in Finnish!

Animal Compound Words

October 26, 2019

Vocabulary Lists

Hiirimatto, koirauni, leijonanosa, työmyyrä and sudennälkä are just a few of the animal compound words you can find in Finnish. Broaden your vocab!

Compound Verbs – Yhdysverbit

April 30, 2019

Interesting Verbs

Koeajaa, allekirjoittaa, esipestä, yliarvioida, irtisanoa and ylläpitää are compound verbs. Let's take a look at what kind of verbs they are!

The Longest Finnish Word You Will Need

February 20, 2019

Blog Posts

In this article, we will be looking at the longest Finnish words you will need. None of those nightmare words; only USEFUL words!