Noun type: 48
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | aate |
| Partitive | aatetta |
| Genetive | aatteen |
| Accusative | aatteen |
| Inessive | aatteessa |
| Elative | aatteesta |
| Illative | aatteeseen |
| Adessive | aatteella |
| Ablative | aatteelta |
| Allative | aatteelle |
| Essive | aatteena |
| Translative | aatteeksi |
| Abessive | aatteetta |
Plural
| Nominative | aatteet |
| Partitive | aatteita |
| Genetive | aatteiden; aatteitten |
| Accusative | aatteet |
| Inessive | aatteissa |
| Elative | aatteista |
| Illative | aatteisiin; aatteihin |
| Adessive | aatteilla |
| Ablative | aatteilta |
| Allative | aatteille |
| Essive | aatteina |
| Translative | aatteiksi |
| Abessive | aatteitta |
| Instructive | aattein |
| Comitative | aatteine |
Sample Sentences
Etymology
Derived from aatella, a dialectal variant of ajatella (“to think”); aat- + -e. Coined by Finnish teacher and linguist Gustaf Erik Eurén in 1860, based on a dialectal word meaning “sign, symptom, omen”.
Nouns inflected like aate
aarre,
aate,
aave,
ahde,
ahne,
aidanne,
aie,
aihe,
aine,
ajankuluke,
ajanviete,
alanne,
alkeet,
aloite,
aloke,
altiste,
alue,
aluke,
amme,
ane, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)