Synnytä

Synnytä is a Finnish verb meaning to give birth to or to generate/produce something. In everyday language it is used both in the literal sense of childbirth and in a broader, figurative sense to describe the creation or emergence of something, such as an idea, an event, or a phenomenon.

Etymology and forms: Synnytä is the causative form of the verb syntyä, rooted in the word for birth or origin (synty). As a regular verb of the -ttää group, its infinitive is synnyttää, and the imperative singular is synnytä. The present-tense forms include minä synnytän, sinä synnytät, hän synnyttää, me synnytämme, te synnytätte, he synnyttävät. The form differs from the infinitive in person and suffixes, but the root remains recognizable across tenses.

Usage and nuance: The word is most common in contexts discussing childbirth, such as medical or familial topics (for example, Äidit synnyttävät lapsia, “Mothers give birth to children”). It is also widely used metaphorically to describe the creation or origination of non-literal outcomes, for example news, ideas, or projects that “give rise to” something. Synnyttää is often contrasted with synnyttää’s related noun forms, such as synty (birth/origin) and syntyminen (becoming, coming into existence), as well as synnytys (childbirth).

See also: synty, syntyminen, synty, syntymä, synnytys.