Käännettä

Käännettä is a Finnish noun that conveys the idea of a turning, twist, or change. It is used in several domains, most commonly to refer to a turning point or twist in a process or narrative. In literature, phrases such as juonen käänne (the plot twist) illustrate a decisive change in the story. In everyday language it may describe a shift in direction, attitude, or development, for example in a discussion about a project’s käänne or a political situation.

Käännettä is related to other words formed from the verb kääntää, meaning to turn or to translate. The underlying semantic field includes turning, rotation, change of state, and, in the sense of translation, a different linguistic form. In technical styles the term may appear in texts discussing transformations or turns in measurements, processes, or systems.

Etymology and form: The root is kään- from kääntää. The form käännettä appears as a case form in Finnish grammar and is connected to the noun käänne and the related noun kääntö. The word is typically encountered in standard Finnish rather than as a specialized borrowing.

See also: käänne, kääntö, käännös, juonen käänne.