Dear

"Dear" in Finnish

arvoisa

(precious to or greatly valued by someone)

arvoisa

(a formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly)

arvokas

(precious to or greatly valued by someone)

arvon

(an informal way of addressing the recipient in a letter's opening line)

arvon

(a formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly)

hellä

(loving, affectionate, heartfelt)

hyvä

(formal way of addressing)

hyvä

(a formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly)

parahin

(formal way of addressing)

rakas

(loved; lovable)

rakas

(precious to or greatly valued by someone)

rakas

(an informal way of addressing the recipient in a letter's opening line)

rakas

(a formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly)

rakas

(an ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior)

sydämellinen

(loving, affectionate, heartfelt)

tärkeä

(precious to or greatly valued by someone)

kullannuppu

(a very kind, loving person)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.