''Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish''
( fi, Kielitoimiston sanakirja, previously known as the ''New Dictionary of Modern Finnish'') is the most recent
dictionary of the modern
Finnish language
Finnish ( endonym: or ) is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedis ...
. It is edited by the
Institute for the Languages of Finland
The Institute for the Languages of Finland,, from which the shortened name ''Kotus'' is derived, smn, Päikkieennâm kielâi tutkâmkuávdáš, se, Ruovttueatnan gielaid guovddáš, sms, Dommjânnmlaž ǩiõli kõõskõs, rom, Finnosko tšimbe ...
. The current printed edition was first published in 2006 and is based on the 2004 digital version of the same name. The printed version lacks some features of the electronic version, such as the latter's index of
Finnish place names (''asuinpaikkahakemisto'').
The dictionary is monolingual and attempts to "accurately reflect standard Finnish as it is used today".
It explains the meanings of most headwords and provides information about their spelling, inflected forms, stylistic register, usage, and context.
Scope
The dictionary consists of almost 100,000 entries. It is an expanded and modernized version of the ''Suomen kielen perussanakirja'' (''Basic Dictionary of the Finnish Language''), printed between 1990 and 1994 (and digitalized as the ''CD-Perussanakirja'' in 1997). Compared to the ''Suomen kielen perussanakirja'', the 2006 edition has about 6,500 new entries and about 20,000 modified entries. Together with the ''
Nykysuomen sanakirja
''Nykysuomen sanakirja'' (''The Dictionary of Modern Finnish'' or ''The Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish'') is a Finnish language dictionary published between 1951 and 1961 in six separate volumes. The dictionary was edited by the Finnish Lit ...
'', the new dictionaries form a very comprehensive collection of information on the modern
Finnish language
Finnish ( endonym: or ) is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedis ...
.
See also
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Nykysuomen sanakirja
''Nykysuomen sanakirja'' (''The Dictionary of Modern Finnish'' or ''The Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish'') is a Finnish language dictionary published between 1951 and 1961 in six separate volumes. The dictionary was edited by the Finnish Lit ...
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References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.kielitoimistonsanakirja.fi/, name=Kielitoimiston sanakirja online
Finnish dictionaries
Finnish language
2006 non-fiction books
Online dictionaries