Noun type: 32
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | joutsen |
| Partitive | joutsenta |
| Genetive | joutsenen |
| Accusative | joutsenen |
| Inessive | joutsenessa |
| Elative | joutsenesta |
| Illative | joutseneen |
| Adessive | joutsenella |
| Ablative | joutsenelta |
| Allative | joutsenelle |
| Essive | joutsenena |
| Translative | joutseneksi |
| Abessive | joutsenetta |
Plural
| Nominative | joutsenet |
| Partitive | joutsenia |
| Genetive | joutsenien; joutsenten |
| Accusative | joutsenet |
| Inessive | joutsenissa |
| Elative | joutsenista |
| Illative | joutseniin |
| Adessive | joutsenilla |
| Ablative | joutsenilta |
| Allative | joutsenille |
| Essive | joutsenina |
| Translative | joutseniksi |
| Abessive | joutsenitta |
| Instructive | joutsenin |
| Comitative | joutsenine |
Sample Sentences
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *jouc'ën (compare Karelian joučen), probably from Proto-Finno-Permic *joŋkće (compare Northern Sami njukča, Erzya локсей (loksej), Moksha локсти (loksti), Eastern Mari йӱксӧ (jüksö), Komi-Permyak юсь (juś)); see the Proto-Finnic entry for more.
Nouns inflected like joutsen
aallotar,
aamen,
ahven,
espanjatar,
haiven,
haltijatar,
hengetär,
herttuatar,
hiven,
hoitajatar,
huomen,
höyhen,
ien,
japanitar,
johtajatar,
joutsen,
jumalatar,
jäsen,
kaunotar,
kenraalitar, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)