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Finnish vocabulary by theme

Themed word lists by level with audio, flashcards and a quiz on every list.

Updated 19 September 2026

Words stick when they come with a situation. Each list below is a situation you will actually be in, with the words in the form you will hear them, an example sentence, audio, flashcards that remember what you got wrong, and a quiz.

Start with the first three lists, then pick by need. Every noun and verb links to its full form table.

In this section

Greetings and basicsThe first forty Finnish words and phrases: hello and goodbye at every level of formality, please and thank you, yes and no, and the small words that make you sound human. With audio, flashcards and a quiz.A1 Numbers and timeFinnish numbers from 0 to 1000, how prices and phone numbers are said, the days and months, and how to tell the time the Finnish way, including puoli kolme. With audio, flashcards and a quiz.A1 At the shopThe Finnish you hear at S-market, K-market, Lidl and Prisma: the cashier's questions about loyalty cards, receipts and bags, the words on the shelves and the price signs, and what to answer. With audio, flashcards and a quiz.A1 Apartment and housing wordsThe Finnish words on a rental listing, a lease and the notice board in your stairwell: yksiö and kaksio, vuokra and takuuvuokra, taloyhtiö, isännöitsijä, huoltomies, saunavuoro and pesutupa. With audio, flashcards and a quiz.A1