Luotetaan

Luotetaan is the present passive form of the Finnish verb luottaa, meaning to trust. It expresses that someone or something is trusted or relied upon, often in a general, impersonal, or objective sense rather than pointing to a specific agent. The form is commonly used in formal or institutional language to indicate reliability, confidence, or entrusting.

In usage, luotetaan can refer to people, institutions, information, or processes that are believed to be dependable. It is typical in abstract statements about credibility or governance, as well as in contexts where responsibility is placed in someone or something. For example, a phrase like Meihin luotetaan conveys that people have confidence in us. Another example is Tiedot luotetaan viranomaisille, meaning the data are entrusted to authorities.

Grammatically, luotetaan is closely related to the active form luottaa, which means to trust. Related words include luottamus (trust), luotettava (reliable), and luotettavasti (reliably). The past passive form is luotettiin, used to say that trust was placed in the past, and the adjective noun forms describe reliability as a quality.

Overview: luotetaan serves as a neutral, formal way to state that trust is placed in a person, group, document, or system, without specifying the actor responsible for the trust. It highlights credibility, dependability, and the expectation that trust will be maintained.