härkänen

== Finnish == === Etymology === härkä (“ox”) +‎ -nen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhærkænen/, [ˈhærk̟æne̞n] Rhymes: -ærkænen Syllabification(key): här‧kä‧nen Hyphenation(key): här‧kä‧nen === Noun === härkänen (archaic) ox (figuratively) something large or important, big deal; usually negative, used chiefly in comparison with kärpänen (“fly”) which in this context signifies something unimportant tehdä kärpäsestä härkänen ― to make a mountain out of a molehill ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “härkänen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023