Noun type: 6
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | laakeri |
| Partitive | laakeria |
| Genetive | laakerin |
| Accusative | laakerin |
| Inessive | laakerissa |
| Elative | laakerista |
| Illative | laakeriin |
| Adessive | laakerilla |
| Ablative | laakerilta |
| Allative | laakerille |
| Essive | laakerina |
| Translative | laakeriksi |
| Abessive | laakeritta |
Plural
| Nominative | laakerit |
| Partitive | laakereja; laakereita |
| Genetive | laakerien; laakereiden; laakereitten |
| Accusative | laakerit |
| Inessive | laakereissa |
| Elative | laakereista |
| Illative | laakereihin |
| Adessive | laakereilla |
| Ablative | laakereilta |
| Allative | laakereille |
| Essive | laakereina |
| Translative | laakereiksi |
| Abessive | laakereitta |
| Instructive | laakerein |
| Comitative | laakereine |
Sample Sentences
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levätä laakereillaan (to rest on one's laurels)
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niittää laakereita (to win laurels)
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seppelöidä laakereilla (to crown with laurels)
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish lager, itself from German Lager. See: Swedish Nouns '
lager', German Nouns '
Lager'.
Nouns inflected like laakeri
aateli,
adapteri,
agar,
agar-agar,
agitaattori,
ahteri,
aioli,
aituri,
ajuri,
akkumulaattori,
akseli,
akupunktuuri,
alabasteri,
albaani,
albumi,
alkali,
alligaattori,
alttari,
ampeeri,
amppeli, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)