Räätälätä

Räätälätä is a Finnish verb that means to tailor or customize something to fit specific requirements. In standard Finnish the infinitive is räätälöidä, and related nouns include räätälöinti (tailoring) and räätäli (a tailor). The form räätälätä appears in some spoken varieties as a nonstandard or colloquial variant of räätälöidä, and is not typically recommended for formal writing.

Usage of räätälätä, when encountered, spans clothing, services, and products. It can describe making adjustments to fit an individual’s measurements or preferences, as well as adapting a solution or experience to a particular customer or context. For example, in Finnish one might say, "Yritys räätälöi ratkaisunsa asiakkaan tarpeiden mukaan," meaning "The company tailors its solutions to the client's needs." In English contexts the concept is expressed with sentences like "The software can be tailored to meet your requirements" or "The service is customized for each client."

Grammatically, the standard verb form is räätälöidä, with related forms such as räätälöity (tailored) and räätälöinti (tailoring). The noun räätäli refers to a person who makes or alters clothing. The word family is widely used in fashion, manufacturing, IT, and customer service to denote customization, personalization, and fitting to individual specifications.

See also: räätäli, räätälöinti, räätälöity, räätälöidä.