Venla
Finnish
Etymology
From German Wendela, short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the tribal name Wendel- "a Wend".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʋenlɑ]
- Hyphenation: Ven‧la
Proper noun
Venla
- A female given name.
- 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 2 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):
- JUHANI. Minä annan palttua taivaan mannalle, koska en saanut Männistön muorin Venlaa.
- JUHANI: What do I care for the manna of heaven if I can't have Granny Pine's Venla?
- JUHANI. Minä annan palttua taivaan mannalle, koska en saanut Männistön muorin Venlaa.
- 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 2 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):
Usage notes
- Rare until it became known as the name of a character in the first Finnish novel, Seven Brothers (1870) by Aleksis Kivi. Popular in the 2000s.
Declension
| Inflection of Venla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Venla | Venlat | |
| genitive | Venlan | Venlojen | |
| partitive | Venlaa | Venloja | |
| illative | Venlaan | Venloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Venla | Venlat | |
| accusative | nom. | Venla | Venlat |
| gen. | Venlan | ||
| genitive | Venlan | Venlojen Venlainrare | |
| partitive | Venlaa | Venloja | |
| inessive | Venlassa | Venloissa | |
| elative | Venlasta | Venloista | |
| illative | Venlaan | Venloihin | |
| adessive | Venlalla | Venloilla | |
| ablative | Venlalta | Venloilta | |
| allative | Venlalle | Venloille | |
| essive | Venlana | Venloina | |
| translative | Venlaksi | Venloiksi | |
| instructive | — | Venloin | |
| abessive | Venlatta | Venloitta | |
| comitative | — | Venloineen | |
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