Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lemminkäinen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lem-minkainen
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Lemminkäinen of Kalevala; the young, handsome, charming, but aloof legendary hero of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.

Literary

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Lemminkäinen, a proper name derived from lempi (“love”) from Proto-Finnic *lempi.

Word Breakdown

Root: Lemminkäinen, *lempi

Usage

Literary

Inflected Forms

Lemminki (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Kaukamoinen Kauko

Synonyms

Ahti Saarelainen Kaukomieli

Questions

What does lemminkäinen mean?: Lemminkäinen of Kalevala; the young, handsome, charming, but aloof legendary hero of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.
Where does lemminkäinen come from?: Borrowed from Finnish Lemminkäinen, a proper name derived from lempi (“love”) from Proto-Finnic *lempi.

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