Tuotetaan

Tuotetaan is the present passive form of the Finnish verb tuottaa, meaning to produce, yield, or generate. In Finnish, the passive voice is agentless, so tuotetaan expresses that something is produced without naming who produces it. It is commonly used in technical, industrial, economic, and scientific contexts to describe processes, outputs, or results.

Morphology and usage note: The form is built from the root tuot- with the standard present passive ending -etaan/-ään, resulting in tuotetaan. The subject of the sentence is the thing that is produced, while the producer or act of production is left unspecified. Tuotetaan contrasts with the active tuottaa (to produce) and with other passive tenses such as tuotettiin (past passive) or on tuotettu (present perfect passive). The passive also appears in formal or neutral statements about systems, industries, and natural processes.

Contexts and examples: Tuotetaan widely, including energy, industry, and research. Examples include: “Sähköä tuotetaan vesivoimalla.” (Electricity is produced by hydroelectric power.) “Energiaa tuotetaan sekä uusiutuvilla että fossiilisilla polttoaineilla.” (Energy is produced from both renewable and fossil fuels.) “Uutta tietoa tuotetaan tutkimuksessa.” (New information is produced in research.) In everyday Finnish, tuotetaan helps convey ongoing or general production without attributing it to a specific actor.

Relation to related terms: The noun tuotanto refers to production or output, while tuottaja means producer. The verb form tuottaa appears in active constructions when the subject performs production, and tuottaa can also take noun complements indicating what is produced (tuottaa tuloksia, tuotantoa, ruokaa, jne.). This interplay supports precise statements about processes and outcomes in Finnish.