Häme - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

• Beginning
• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Proper noun
• 2 Finnish
  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Pronunciation
  • 2.3 Proper noun
    * 2.3.1 Declension
    * 2.3.2 Derived terms
    * 2.3.4 Descendants
    * 2.3.5 Statistics
  • 2.4 References
• 3 German
  • 3.1 Pronunciation
  • 3.2 Etymology 1
    * 3.2.1 Noun
    * 3.2.1.1 Declension
    * 3.2.1.2 Derived terms
  • 3.3 Etymology 2
    * 3.3.1 Noun
  • 3.4 Further reading

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Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Häme.

Häme

1. A historical region of Finland.

Map of Tavastia (historical province) in Finland

Proto-Finnic *hämä +‎ -e(h); see the Proto-Finnic entry for further etymology.

First attested in Hemelinda (Hämeen linna, Häme Castle) in 1413.[1]

• IPA(key): /ˈhæmeˣ/, [ˈhæme̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -æme
• Syllabification(key): Hä‧me
• Hyphenation(key): Hä‧me

Häme

1. Tavastia, a historical province and area in Finland
2. a Finnish surname transferred from the place name

• Hämeenaho

• Hämeenkorpi

• Hämeenkoski

• hämeenkylmänkukka

• Hämeenkylä

• Hämeenkyrö

• Hämeenlinna

• Hämeenniemi

• Hämevaara

• Kanta-Häme

• Päijät-Häme

• hämäläinen

• Hämäläinen

• → Russian: ямь (jamʹ, “Tavastian”)

  • → Finnish: jäämi (“Tavastian”)

• The surname Häme belongs to 92 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

1. ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [The Book of Finnish Place Names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN

• IPA(key): /ˈhɛːmə/, /ˈheːmə/

Backformation from hämisch. First attested in the 1960s, probably slightly older in speech.

Häme f (genitive **Häme, no plural)

1. ridicule; scorn; spite; gloating; schadenfreude
   Synonyms: Hohn, Schadenfreude

• hämen
• hämisch

Häme

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Häm

• “Häme”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)

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