varovainen
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editvarovainen (comparative varovaisempi, superlative varovaisin)
- careful, cautious (taking care; using or exercising caution; attentive to potential danger, error or harm)
- conservative (of an estimate; based on pessimistic assumptions)
Declension
editInflection of varovainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | varovainen | varovaiset | |
genitive | varovaisen | varovaisten varovaisien | |
partitive | varovaista | varovaisia | |
illative | varovaiseen | varovaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | varovainen | varovaiset | |
accusative | nom. | varovainen | varovaiset |
gen. | varovaisen | ||
genitive | varovaisen | varovaisten varovaisien | |
partitive | varovaista | varovaisia | |
inessive | varovaisessa | varovaisissa | |
elative | varovaisesta | varovaisista | |
illative | varovaiseen | varovaisiin | |
adessive | varovaisella | varovaisilla | |
ablative | varovaiselta | varovaisilta | |
allative | varovaiselle | varovaisille | |
essive | varovaisena | varovaisina | |
translative | varovaiseksi | varovaisiksi | |
abessive | varovaisetta | varovaisitta | |
instructive | — | varovaisin | |
comitative | — | varovaisine |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “varovainen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04