The Finnish language has lent few words to the English language, the Finn language is rather a net importer of words.
However the following words of Finnish origin are some examples:
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The most commonly used Finnish word in English is sauna, and has been lent to many other languages.
Words derived from Finnish used in more specialized fields:
In English, Finnish words used with reference to the Finnish culture, but not nativized in English and not used in other contexts:
| For a list of words relating to with Finnish language origins, see the Finnish derivations category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |