finnas
Norwegian Nynorsk
editVerb
editfinnas (present tense fins, past tense fans, supine funnes or funnis)
Old English
editNoun
editfinnas
Swedish
editEtymology
editThe passive form of finna, which has taken on the meaning of "to exist". From Old Swedish finnas, from Old Norse finnask. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål finnes and Norwegian Nynorsk finnast.
Verb
editfinnas (present finns, preterite fanns, supine funnits)
- to exist; to be
- Synonym: finnas till
- Kan det möjligen finnas ett odjur i Loch Ness?
- Could there possibly be a monster in Loch Ness?
- Frågan är om Gud finns eller inte.
- The question is whether God exists or not.
- Finns det fler kakor?
- Are there more cookies?
- passive infinitive of finna
Conjugation
editConjugation of finnas (class 3 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | — | finnas | ||
| Supine | — | funnits | ||
| Imperative | — | finns | ||
| Imper. plural1 | — | finnens | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | — | — | finns, finnes | fanns |
| Ind. plural1 | — | — | finnas | funnos |
| Subjunctive2 | — | — | finnes | funnes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | finnandes | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
editAnagrams
editCategories:
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk deponent verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk class 3 strong verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk strong verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk pre-2012 forms
- Old English non-lemma forms
- Old English noun forms
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Swedish strong verbs
- Swedish class 3 strong verbs
- Swedish deponent verbs