Aiheuttaako

Aiheuttaa is Finnish for “to cause” or “to bring about.” Aiheuttaako is the interrogative form used to ask whether something causes a particular effect, roughly “does it cause…?” The base verb aiheuttaa is transitive and typically takes a direct object in the partitive or in other appropriate cases, for example: Tämä muutos aiheuttaa lisäkustannuksia (This change causes additional costs).

Morphology and usage notes: The question form is created by adding the question suffix -ko/-kö to the present tense stem, resulting in aiheuttaako when the subject is unspecified or when asking about a general situation. In a full sentence, you usually specify what is being caused: Aiheuttaako tämä päätös lisää kustannuksia? or Aiheuttaako tämä stressi terveysvaikutuksia? The negation is formed with ei: Tämä ei aiheuta ongelmia; Does this not cause problems? The phrase can describe outcomes such as harm, problems, costs, or benefits, and it is commonly used in discussion of policies, actions, events, or phenomena.

Etymology and nuance: The verb is built from the noun aihe (cause, motive) plus the causative suffix -uttaa. It contrasts with related Finnish verbs like johtaa (to lead to) and tuottaa (to produce), which carry slightly different nuance about causation and inevitability. Aiheuttaako is suitable for evaluating potential consequences, forecasting outcomes, or clarifying whether a given factor will generate a certain effect.

See also: aiheuttaa, johtaa, tuottaa.