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"Loskakeli", Tampere, Finland

"Loskakeli", Tampere, Finland
In Finnish there are numerous words to describe the different forms of snow:

lumi: snow
pyry: snow shower
myräkkä: snowstorm
rae: hail
räntä: sleet
tuisku: snow shower with strong wind
laviini: a small avalanche
hyhmä: snow floating atop water
loska: very wet snow; snow, water and mud mixed together
sohjo: slush; snow and water mixed together
ahto: pack-ice (broken & refrozen ice)
ahtauma: a formation of pack-ice
jää: ice
kide: ice crystal
kohva: gray ice formed from wet snow
paanne: multi-layered ice (typically waves crash on top and freeze)
railo: pressure ridge in ice
röpelö: uneven ice
tökkö: ice with frost on top
iljanne: a thin layer of snow atop ice
hanki: a even layer of snow on the ground, esp. if enough for skiing
huurre: rime; granular frost (the white stuff in your freezer)
härmä: frost
kinos: snow drift; a loose pile of snow, esp. one formed by wind
kaljama: a thick layer of ice on the ground, lethal in the spring
kuura: hoarfrost; frozen dew
nietos: a large, hard pile of snow (may be refrozen)
nuoska: "snowballable” snow, usually formed when powdery snow melts a bit
polanne: a hard layer of compacted snow
tykky: large chunks of snow, esp. when frozen onto trees
viti: freshly fallen powdery snow
avanto: a hole in ice
jotos: reindeer tracks in snow
latu: a ski trail in snow
rannio: a reindeer path in deep snow

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Wiktionary: loskakeli
Welcome to my Finland, Finnish words for snow

Erhard Bernstein, Fred Fouarge, Au Cœur... diagonalhorizon, Xata and 17 other people have particularly liked this photo


14 comments - The latest ones
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
A fine shot, Sami and please forgive me if I don't try and commit your list of 'snow' words to memory!!
2 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Andy Rodker club
Well, even Finns can not remember them all! =D

For example "kohva" is new to me. As Finn, I kind of could have been guessed what it means (before reading the explanation), but never used that word myself.
2 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
I‘m very impressed, Sami ! Of the picture and your lesson of the Finnish language ! :-))) !
2 years ago.
 Karl Hartwig Schütz
Karl Hartwig Schütz club
:-))) Herzlichen Dank für die Erklärung!!!
2 years ago.
 Boarischa Krautmo
Boarischa Krautmo club
Guess, I like most the word röpelö ;-))
thought of Smilla, too.....
2 years ago.
 niraK68
niraK68 club
oh, ja das sind viele Ausdrücke
2 years ago.
 Wierd Folkersma
Wierd Folkersma club
excellent picture, I knew a lot of the words, about 10 not.
2 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
Let's hope the snowfall is nuoska, then we can all play some games. ;-)))
2 years ago.
 Bergfex
Bergfex club
Hi Sami, welcome back, even with this glance through a window pane with raindrops.
2 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
ohhhhh
This is great Sami, love the documentation too
2 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
I love viti!:)
2 years ago.
 raingirl
raingirl club
and how many words do you have in finnish for 'melted snow'? (um, i'm seeing a lot of it on that window you are photographing through - haha)

cool photo. i like the juxtaposition of the water drops with the snow background.

favorite finnish snow word? i go for hyhmä: snow floating atop water - that sound beautiful.
2 years ago.
 malona
malona club
kind of like räntä and röpelo, in my head thereˋs a rythm corresponding with the meaning :-)
2 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Impressive, Finns are poets indeed and you have a very complex langage as far as I know.
2 years ago.

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