Kestetään

Kestetään is the present passive form of the Finnish verb kestää, which means to endure, withstand, or last. In the passive, the action is experienced by the subject rather than performed by a clearly specified agent, and the agent is often left implicit. Kestetään is frequently used when describing durability, tolerance, or endurance of objects, materials, processes, or situations.

As a passive form, kestetään can appear in general statements about how long something lasts or how much strain it can bear. It is part of a broader system of Finnish passive conjugation, with other forms such as kestettiin (past passive) and kestettäisiin (conditional passive). The active counterpart is kestää: minä kestän, sinä kestät, hän kestää, me kestämme, te kestätte, he kestävät.

Related linguistic forms include kestäminen (the noun meaning endurance or bearing), kestävä (durable or sturdy, an adjective), and kestävyys (durability or resilience). The verb’s root is kest-, reflecting the core idea of enduring or withstanding, and it belongs to the common Finnish vocabulary describing endurance, durability, and tolerance across everyday and technical contexts.

Origin-wise, kestää stems from the Finnic language family, with cognates and related terms appearing in other Finnic languages. In modern Finnish, kestetään remains a standard way to express that something is endure-able or capable of withstanding conditions in a passive construction.