synnyin

Synnyin is a Finnish verb form meaning “I was born.” It is the first-person singular past tense of the intransitive verb syntyä, which means “to be born.” The form is used to state a person’s birth in biographical statements, historical narratives, and general narration. In Finnish, the subject pronoun is often omitted, so synnyin can stand alone to convey the meaning “I was born.”

Conjugation and usage notes: In the past tense, the typical forms are: minä synnyin (I was born), sinä synnyit (you were born), hän syntyi (he/she was born), me synnyimme (we were born), te synnyitte (you were born), he syntyivät (they were born). The word is closely linked to the related verb syntyä and to the past participle syntynyt, meaning “born.” This family of forms is commonly encountered in biographical writing and everyday speech when referring to a person’s birth.

Etymology and related forms: The verb syntyä belongs to a core set of Finnish birth-related verbs and derives from a root associated with birth. The past tense form synnyin reflects regular Finnish past inflection patterns for the first-person singular. The related noun synty refers to origin or birth, and the adjective syntynyt means “born.” Together, these forms are used across Finnish to describe origins, heritage, and biographical detail.

See also: syntyä, syntynyt, syntyminen, syntyminen and related birth-origin terms in Finnish.